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Beate Pastor Petre clemens accipe
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Peter, blest Shepherd! hear our piteous cry,
And with a word unloose our guilty chain;
Thou! who hast pow’r to ope the gates on high,
To mortal man, and pow’r to shut them fast again.
Praise, blessing, majesty, through endless days,
Be to the Trinity immortal given;
Who in pure Unity profoundly sways
Eternally alike all things in earth and Heaven.
Codex Note
Latin: Beate Pastor Petre clemens accipe. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Proper of Saints (Roman Breviary).
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Beate Pastor Petre clemens accipe.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/135/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Beate Pastor Petre clemens accipe.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/135/.
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