O glorious King of martyr
hosts,
Thou Crown that each confessor
boasts,
Who leadest to celestial day
The saints who cast earth’s
joys away;
Thine ear in
mercy, Savior, lend,
While unto Thee our prayers
ascend;
And as we count their triumphs
won,
Forgive the sins that we have
done.
Martyrs in Thee their
triumph gain,
Confessors grace from Thee
obtain;
We sinners humbly seek to
Thee,
From sin’s offense to set us
free.
All laud to God the Father
be,
All praise, eternal Son, to
Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the holy Paraclete.