Faure's Paradisum

Faure's Paradisum

"In paradisum deducant te angeli,
in tuo adventu
suscipiant te martyres,
et perducant te
in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere
aeternam habeas requiem."

Young voices soared
swift to the rafters
and sunlight painted the shapes of sacred windows
on the stones
of the Abbots Hall
The Headmaster said
that light
that happens only at sunset
that warm golden glow
was God popping in for a visit
Lets have angels and sunlight at the end of the day