Religion
Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium (Part II)
Translated by Edward Caswall (1849) · From Lyra Catholica (1849)
Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Lo! I o’er ancient forms departing.
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith, for all defects supplying.
Where the feeble senses fail.
To the Everlasting Father,
And the Son who reigns on high.
With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Forth from Each eternally.
Be salvation, honour, blessing,
Might, and endless majesty.
Codex Note
Latin: Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium. Continuation of the hymn above, as printed in Lyra Catholica (1849) among the Proper of the Season (Roman Breviary).
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MLA
Aquinas, St. Thomas. “Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium (Part II).” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas-aquinas/4/.
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Aquinas, St. Thomas. “Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium (Part II).” Translated by Edward Caswall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thomas-aquinas/4/.
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