O CROWN OF VIRGIN CHOIRS
Vespers and Lauds of Virgins
Jesu corona virginum,
St.Ambrose, d.397, Tr. Fr E.Caswall, d.1878 / La Feillée 'Méthode du Plainchant', 1782
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O Crown of all the Virgin choirs, That holy Mother's Virgin Son, Who was alone of womankind, A Virgin Mother, both in one. |
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Encircled by Thy Virgin band, Amid the lilies Thou art found; For Thy pure brides with lavish hand, Immortal graces spreading 'round. |
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And still, where-e'ver Thy footsteps bend, They follow Thee, their glorious King, That unto Thee thy may attend, And with sweet hymns Thy praises sing. |
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And us, O Purity Divine, From ev'ry wound of sin keep free; Our ev'ry sense from fault refine, And purify our souls for Thee. |
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