Religion
Memento rerum Conditor
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Remember, O Creator Lord!
That in the Virgin’s sacred womb
Thou wast conceiv’d, and, of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume.
Mother of grace, O Mary blest!
To thee, sweet fount of love, we fly;
Shield us through life, and take us hence
To thy dear bosom when we die.
O Jesu! born of Virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally.
Codex Note
Latin: Memento rerum Conditor. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Common of the Blessed Virgin (Roman Breviary).
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Memento rerum Conditor.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/182/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Memento rerum Conditor.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/182/.
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