O Blest Creator of the Light { O Blest Creator of the Light by Latin, 6th Century LUCIS CREATOR-Sarum Plainsong, Mode VIII O Blest Creator of the Light } O Blest Creator of the light, Who mak'st the day with radiance bright, And o'er the forming world didst call The light from chaos first of all; Whose wisdom joined in meet array The morn and eve, and named them day: Night comes with all its darkling fears; Regard Thy people's prayers and tears, Lest, sunk in sin, and whelmed with strife, They lose the gift of endless life; While thinking but the thoughts of time, They weave new chains of woe and crime. But grant them grace that they may strain The heavenly gate and prize to gain: Each harmful lure aside to cast, And purge away each error past. O Father, that we ask be done, Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son, Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee, Doth live and reign eternally. Amen.