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Christe eleison! brother dear Our liberator from all ill Strong in Thy virtue, free from fear, And be our help to virtue still. Christe eleison! God and man Our only consolation here Oh! do not leave us 'neath the ban Of sorrow perilous and drear. Oh! Kyrie, Father Kyrie Son Kyrie Spirit we adore The Triune God Thee, only One! Grant we may praise Thee evermore!
There was no habitation in sight save Elzear's, and the chorus certainly did not proceed from thence, but rather seemed to rise upward through the earth, floating in released sweet echoes to and fro upon the hushed air. "KYRIE ELEISON! ... CHRISTE ELEISON!" How it swayed about him like a close chime of bells!
Over the roasting bodies of their comrades, undeterred by the inextinguishable fire, they had crossed the ditch, and were slaying the imperial body-guard. A moment, and they would be in the alley, and then Up rose a wail: "The Janissaries, the Janissaries! Kyrie Eleison!"
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