Religion
Invicte Martyr unicum
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Martyr of unconquer’d might!
Follower of th’ eternal Son!
Who, triumphant in the fight,
Hast celestial glory won;
By the virtue of thy prayer,
Wash our guilty stains away;
Sin’s contagion drive afar;
Suffer not our feet to stray.
Loosen’d from the fleshly chain
Which detain’d thee here of old.
Loose us from the bonds of sin,
From the fetters of the world.
Glory to the Father be;
Glory to his only Son;
Glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee,
While eternal ages run.
Codex Note
Latin: Invicte Martyr unicum. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Common of Saints (Roman Breviary).
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Invicte Martyr unicum.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/188/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Invicte Martyr unicum.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/188/.
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