Religion
O gloriosa Virginum
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
O Queen of all the Virgin choir!
Enthron’d above the starry sky
Who with pure milk from thy own breast
Thy own Creator didst supply.
What man had lost in hapless Eve,
Thy sacred womb to man restores;
Thou to the wretched here beneath
Hast open’d Heaven’s eternal doors.
Hail, O refulgent Hall of light!
Hail, Gate sublime of Heaven’s high King!
Through Thee redeem’d to endless life,
Thy praise let all the nations sing.
O Jesu! born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally.
Codex Note
Latin: O gloriosa Virginum. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Common of the Blessed Virgin (Roman Breviary).
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “O gloriosa Virginum.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/181/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “O gloriosa Virginum.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/181/.
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