Religion
Regali solio fortis Iberiae
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Glory of Iberia’s throne!
Joy of Martyr’d Saints above!
Who the crown of life have won,
Dying for their Saviour’s love:
What intrepid faith was thine!
What unswerving constancy!
Bent to do the will divine
With exact fidelity,
Every rising motion check’d
Which might lead thy heart astray;
How thou didst thy course direct
Whither virtue shew’d the way!
Honour, glory, majesty,
To the Father and the Son,
With the Holy Spirit be,
While eternal ages run.
Codex Note
Latin: Regali solio fortis Iberiae. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Proper of Saints (Roman Breviary).
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Regali solio fortis Iberiae.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/144/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Regali solio fortis Iberiae.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/144/.
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