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Ave verum corpus natum
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Hail to Thee! true Body, sprung
From the Virgin Mary’s womb!
The same that on the Cross was hung,
And bore for man the bitter doom!
Thou, whose side was pierc’d, and flow’d
Both with water and with blood;
Suffer us to taste of Thee,
In our life’s last agony.
O kind, O loving One!
O sweet Jesu, Mary’s Son!
Codex Note
Latin: Ave verum corpus natum. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Hymns at Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Ave verum corpus natum.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/203/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Ave verum corpus natum.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/203/.
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