De sanctis Virginibus University of Oxford CLASP Project nick.white@ell.ox.ac.uk https://clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/poem/N.Hymn.DeSSVirg1 Distributed by the University of Oxford under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Library of Congress Subject Headings Latin Poems De sanctis Virginibus
1. Alme Iesu, qui gubernas cuncta, 2a. Luce tua corda nostra inflamma, 2b. Tibi grata quo persolvamus vota. 3a. Qui es corona, laus atque palma virginum perpetua, 3b. Quarum regina virgo constat Maria, mundi sola domina, 4a. Quae gravida te innupta genuit puerpera, Et lucida maris stella caelorum reseravit aurea regna, 4b. Cuius virgines sacrae sancta sequentes vestigia, Mundi prospera et adversa tempserunt mente pura et fide clara, 5a. Saeva tormenta […] sufferentes maxima; 5b. Mox ad mansura pergentes et aeterna angelorum gaudia. 6. Quarum pia nos suffragia hac in vita ab omni prava mundent culpa, et post mortem ad celsa perducant regna.