Sequence for the Second Sunday of Advent (translated by Canon Warren).

Let the choir devoutly bring
Welcome to th’ eternal King,
And with one consent renew
The Creator’s homage due.
Him angelic legions praise,
On his face enraptured gaze.
On him wait all earthly things
Till his nod their trial brings.
Awful he in judgements deep
Yet in might doth mercy keep ;
By thine agony of woe
Pity, Lord, and save us now.
To the gleaming stars on high
Raise the world in purity :
Let thy saving health appear
Scattering perils far and near.
Bid the universe be clean,
Let us live in peace serene.
Till unto those realms we soar
Where thou reignest evermore.