Religion
Salve Virgo puerpera
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Hail, Virginal Mother!
Hail, Purity’s Cell!
Fair Shrine where the Trinity
Loveth to dwell!
Hail, Garden of pleasure!
Celestial Balm!
Cedar of Chastity!
Martyrdom’s Palm!
Thou Land set apart
From uses profane,
And free from the curse
Which in Adam began!
Thou City of God!
Thou Gate of the East!
In thee is all grace,
O Joy of the Blest!
Codex Note
Latin: Salve Virgo puerpera. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Hymns from the Office of the Immaculate Conception.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Salve Virgo puerpera.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/209/.
Chicago
Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Salve Virgo puerpera.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/209/.
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