Religion
Iesu dulcis memoria (Part II)
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
O Jesu! King most wonderful!
Thou Conqueror renown’d!
Thou Sweetness most ineffable!
In whom all joys are found!
When once Thou visitest the heart,
Then truth begins to shine;
Then earthly vanities depart;
Then kindles love divine.
O Jesu! Light of all below!
Thou Fount of life and fire!
Surpassing all the joys we know,
All that we can desire:
May every heart confess thy name,
And ever Thee adore;
And seeking Thee, itself inflame
To seek Thee more and more.
Thee may our tongues for ever bless;
Thee may we love alone;
And ever in our lives express
The image of thine own.
Codex Note
Latin: Iesu dulcis memoria. Continuation of the hymn above, as printed in Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Proper of the Season (Roman Breviary).
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MLA
Clairvaux, St. Bernard of. “Iesu dulcis memoria (Part II).” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bernard-of-clairvaux/2/.
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Clairvaux, St. Bernard of. “Iesu dulcis memoria (Part II).” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bernard-of-clairvaux/2/.
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