Excerpt from Latin Hymns With Original Translations: In Four Parts; I. Dies Irae; II. Stabat Mater (Dolorosa); III. Stabat Mater (Speciosa); IV. Old Gems in New Settings One great secret Of the power and enduring popu larity Of this Hymn is, undoubtedly, its genuineness. A vital fincerity breathes throughout. It is a cry a'e Drofundz's; and the cry becomes sometimes - so in tense are the terror and solicitude - almoft a Ihriek. It is in the highefi degree pathetic. The Muse is Mater Lachrymarum, Our Lady Of Tears. Every line weeps. Underneath every word and syl lable, a living heart throbs and pulsates. The very rhythm, or that alternate elevation and depre ion Of the voice, which prosodi s call the my}: and the t/jefis, one might almof't fancy were synchronous With the contrae'rion and the dilatation of the heart. It is more than dramatic. The horror and the dread are real: are aetual not afted. A human heart is laid bare, quivering with life, and we see and hear its tumultuous throbbings. We sympathize - nay, be fore we are aware, we have changed places. We, too, tremble and quail and cry aloud. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."