Religion

Domare cordis impetus Elizabeth

by Anonymous Latin Hymns c. 5th–15th century

Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)

Religion

Pure, meek, with soul serene,
Sweeter to her it was to serve unseen
Her God, than reign a queen,
Now far above our sight,

Enthron’d upon the azure star-pav’d height,
She reigns in realms of light;
So long as time shall flow,
Teaching to all who sit on thrones below,

The good that power can do,
Praise to the Father be;
Praise to the Son; praise, Holy Ghost, to Thee,
Through all eternity.

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Latin: Domare cordis impetus Elizabeth. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Proper of Saints (Roman Breviary).

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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Domare cordis impetus Elizabeth.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/155/.

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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Domare cordis impetus Elizabeth.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/155/.

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