Religion
Iesu dulcis memoria (Part III)
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
O Jesu! Thou the beauty art
Of angel worlds above;
Thy Name is music to the heart,
Enchanting it with love.
Celestial sweetness unalloy’d!
Who eat Thee hunger still;
Who drink of Thee still feel a void,
Which nought but Thou can fill.
O my sweet Jesu! hear the sighs
Which unto Thee I send;
To Thee mine inmost spirit cries,
My being’s hope and end!
Stay with us, Lord, and with thy light
Illume the soul’s abyss;
Scatter the darkness of our night,
And fill the world with bliss.
O Jesu! spotless Virgin flower!
Our life and joy! to Thee
Be praise, beatitude, and power,
Through all eternity.
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 III).” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bernard-of-clairvaux/3/.
Chicago
Clairvaux, St. Bernard of. “Iesu dulcis memoria (Part III).” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bernard-of-clairvaux/3/.
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