e--(1) before He was made Man--(2) when He {67} lived
on Earth--(3) after His Ascension (see the Latin Form). The Saviour's
Existence, from the Eternal Beginning on to the Eternal Future, is the
central thought of the Hymn. The dual form of each line in this Middle
Stanza proves it to be a separate Stanza. The Incarnation is its
theme--The Incarnation and its Antecedents and Consequences.

Tu Rex . . . . . . . . . . Tu Filius . . . . . .
Tu non horruisti . . . . . Tu aperuisti . . . .
Tu in gloria . . . . . . . Judex venturus . . .

The prominent place, in each line, of the pronoun Tu--Thou--is here to
be noticed. It is characteristic of this middle Stanza that each of
the three phases of the Saviour's existence is expressed by _two_
thoughts which are included in one line. The pronoun Tu introduces
each of the thoughts in each line, except the last of the three. The
completeness of the summary of the Lord's Existence is a strong
argument for treating these three lines as a Stanza: and the use of the
pronoun _Tu_ confirms the argument.

For turning to the First Stanza, we find each line has _three_
thoughts. The prominent word in the first line is TE--Thee--and occurs
three times. Similarly in the second line TIBI--to Thee: and in the
fourth line TE. The last line of this Stanza varies, it is true, as
the last line of the middle Stanza does, but retaining a triple
thought, viz. the Holy Trinity. The third line has the Ter-Sanctus.

Thus the 1st Stanza, by its form, is separated from the 2nd Stanza, and
the 2nd from the 3rd in like manner.

For, in the Third Stanza although TE is still {68} prominent as the
first word, it is very sparingly introduced afterwards--once in the
11th line, and twice in the 13th. Here again we notice a variation
with the object of marking the Stanza's last line, for in the last line
TE occurs twice. The word _Domine_ supplants Te in the 10th and 12th
lines, and appears with Te twice in the 13th line.

The elaborate arrangement of the Hymn has been exhibited so as to
eliminate the notion of an extempore composition. Its method however
is worthy of some further consideration.

It will be evident that it proceeds on the idea of a centre thought in
each Stanza, with thoughts balanced on each side. Thus in the 1st
Stanza the centre thought (line 3 Latin Version) is the praise of
Heaven and Earth (Isaiah vi. 3), addressed to Christ (see S. John xii.
41) by the Seraphi