tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831287028362469756.post7100877916495230389..comments2008-08-28T09:51:46.118-07:00Geometricushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608136348402997098noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831287028362469756.post-23996680290529995882008-08-28T09:51:00.000-07:002008-08-28T09:51:00.000-07:00Pergrata does not modify mundo; it modifies either aurora or spicula. Spicula is a neuter plural in the accusative, so "Pergrata mundo nuntiat / aurora solis spicula" means "Dawn announces to the world the very pleasing arrows of the sun".<BR/><BR/>The imagery is actually somewhat pagan, since the sun-god Apollo was known as an archer. But verse 2 adopts this imagery for Christ, explicitly. "Thou art the sun, who shinest forth forever, for us thou art teeming with life, O Christ." Where the arrows of Apollo brought plague, those of Christ the sun bring life.<BR/><BR/>Verse 4 says "Grant that we suns of light may walk with such eagerness that our habits and actions may model even the grace of the father".<BR/><BR/>In verse 5, dulcibus modifies gaudiis, "sweet joys".Figulushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549064050271896212noreply@blogger.com