LII + 

The Greek Fathers + 

Let heathen sing thy heathen praise, + 

Fall’n Greece! the thought of holier days + 

In my sad heart abides; + 

For sons of thine in Truth’s first hour + 

Were tongues and weapons of His power, + 

Born of the Spirit’s fiery shower, + 

Our fathers and our guides. + 

All thine is Clement’s varied page; + 

And Dionysius, ruler sage, + 

In days of doubt and pain; + 

And Origen with eagle eye; + 

And saintly Basil’s purpose high + 

To smite imperial heresy, + 

And cleanse the Altar’s stain. + 

From thee the glorious preacher came, + 

With soul of zeal and lips of flame, + 

A court’s stern martyr-guest; + 

And thine, O inexhaustive race! + 

Was Nazianzen’s heaven-taught grace; + 

And royal-hearted Athanase, + 

With Paul’s own mantle blest. + 