Joy and Triumph Everlasting by Adam of St. Victor, 12th Cent. BOURGEOIS—Louis Bourgeois Joy and Triumph Everlasting 1 Joy And triumph everlasting Hath the heavenly Church on high; For that pure immortal gladness All our feast-days mourn and sigh: Yet in death’s dark desert wild Doth the mother aid her child; Guards celestial thence attend us, Stand in combat to defend us. 2 Here the world’s perpetual warfare Holds from heaven the soul apart; Legioned foes in shadowy terror Vex the Sabbath