C. Husenbeth, Norwich, 1830. That
work consists of four volumes, corresponding with the four
quarters of the ecclesiastical year--Winter, Hiem.; Spring,
Vern.; Summer, _AEstiv_.; Autumn, Aut.; and the volumes will be
designated by the corresponding initials, H. V. AE. A.]
[Footnote 94: "Ecclesiam, tuam, Domine, benignus illustra, ut
beati Johannis Apostoli tui et evangelistae illuminata doctrinis,
ad dona perveniat sempiterna. Per Dominum."--Husen. H. p. 243.]
II. The second stage supplies examples of a kind of rhetorical
apostrophe; the speaker addressing one who was departed as though he had
ears to hear. Were not this the foundation stone on which the rest of
the edifice seems to have been built, we might have passed it by
unnoticed. Of this we have an instance in the address to the Shepherds
on Christmas-day. "Whom have ye seen, ye shepherds? Say ye, tell ye, who
hath appeared on the earth? Say ye, what saw ye? Announce to us the
nativity of Christ[95]."
[Footnote 95: Quem vidistis, Pastores? Dicite, Annunciate nobis.
In terris quis apparuit? Dicite quidnam vidistis? Et annunciate
Christi nativitatem.--H. 219.] {247}
Another instance is seen in that beautiful song ascribed to Prudentius
and used on the day of Holy Innocents:
"Hail! ye flowers of Martyrs." [Salvete flores martyrum.
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