Religion
Supplices offerimus
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Religion
These praises and prayers
I lay at thy feet,
O Virgin of virgins
O Mary most sweet!
Be Thou my true guide
Through this pilgrimage here,
And stand by my side
When death draweth near.
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Codex Note
Latin: Supplices offerimus. Printed in Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Hymns from the Office of the Immaculate Conception.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Supplices offerimus.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/213/.
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Anonymous Latin Hymns. “Supplices offerimus.” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-latin-hymns/213/.
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