Christmas Chants of Latin Lands
Walsh, Thomas
December 22, i926 T H E C O M M O N W E A L 18 5 CHRISTMAS CHANTS OF LATIN LANDS
TRANSLATED BY THOMAS WALSH The Gloria O Glorious Lady of the Light Whose rays all other stars eclipse!...
...To exiles mid the star-paths lost Thy Heavenly Window lights the way...
...The heavenly Babe is weary And droops His forehead there...
...December 22, i926 T H E C O M M O N W E A L 18 5 CHRISTMAS CHANTS OF LATIN LANDS TRANSLATED BY THOMAS WALSH The Gloria O Glorious Lady of the Light Whose rays all other stars eclipse...
...From the Spanish of FRAY INIGO DE M~NI)OZA (1482...
...Ah, let His young brows ponder...
...From the Latin o[ SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA (IX95-I231...
...antiga White and crimson, cheek and breast~ O Virgin -Blest ! The pledge of love in Bethlehem, _A flower was on the rose-tree's stem, O Virgin Blest...
...Noon's without a cloud attended, For today doth humankind Hail the Son of God descended Virgin body to assume, Our salvation to restore, Wiping out the stains and gloom With the power of Love once more...
...What Eve's sad penalties had cost Thy fertile womb in full would pay...
...From the Spanish of SISTER FRANCISCA JOSErA DEL CASTILLO (167I-I743...
...From tire Portuguese o[ GIL VIQENTE (x47o-I54O...
...Feasts in honor of the birth Of Maria they are making...
...Thou Threshold of the Highest King-- Thou Gateway of a noontide flame...
...In Bethlehem in sign of love The rose-branch raised a rose Above, O Virgin Blest...
...And in the rose came ~orth a flower, Jesus, our high Lord of Power-O Virgin Blest...
...ethlehem Carol The land grew bright in a single flower-- One great Carnation rare--Against Whose bloom no frost had power To dim Its glowing there...
...See Fire itself in ice beshrouded, And Ice in joy ablaze...
...From the Spanish of LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO (x562-I635...
...The Rose of all the rose-tree's span, God in nature and a Man--O Virgin Blest...
...Soft sleep serenely squander From out your dreamy breast...
...hant of the Ninth Seraphim Joy is everywhere on earth...
...His tears for earth so dreary Have dimmed His eyes with care...
...In her, Life's virgin heralding, O ye, redeemed, acclaim...
...Bend down the branches yonder To shield my Darling's rest...
...Come, ease His heart distressed...
...Twas thine to give thy breast-milk white To thy Creator's lips...
...Weave your embraces fonder, O Angels of the Blest...
...Bend down the branches yonder To shield my Darling's rest...
...The sun behind the mists is clouded...
...O palm-trees stirred and shaken By every breath that blows, Lest Bethlehem awaken Sway lightly for repose...
...Bend down the branches yonder To shield my Darling's rest...
...Oh, was there ever such another So lovely for our lips to kiss-- To shine where earthly shadows smother-- A bud of heaven, like This...
...Ye bitter frosts, congealing The dampness of the night, Let me, from chili concealing, Caress and warm Him tight...
...Gladness throughout Limbo waking...
...Haste, shepherds, there to gaze...
...Glory, Thou Sovereign Lord to Thee Whom spotless birth to earth did lend-- Father and Holy Spirit, Three---Through ages without end...
...Sorrow can no haven find...
...The Lullaby As through the palms ye wander, O Angels of the Blest, Bend down the branches yonder To shield my Darling's rest...
Vol. 5 • December 1926 • No. 7
