Musa Americana pamphlet series
  • Maureen
    Posts: 675
    Musa Americana, a series of chapbooks of Latin translations of English poetry by Anthony F. Geyser, S.J.

    Includes a few translated items of hymnody -- "Duc, Mitis Lux" (Lead, Kindly Light) and "Nova Princeps, Nova Pompa" (translation of a poem by Southwell about Baby Jesus) -- and some devotional pieces (mostly by fellow Jesuits).
  • noel jones, aagonoel jones, aago
    Posts: 6,605
    Oh, Maureen! This alone makes my day!

    I can hear the men singing this in four-part harmony.

    Deus liliis refulgens ultra mare natus est;
    Christi puritate noster animus sacratus est;
    Moriamur Deo, nobis dire qui necatus est:
    Procedit Dominus!

    CHORUS
    Gloria, gloria! Alleluia! Gloria, gloria! Alleluia! Gloria, gloria! Alleluia! Procedit Dominus!
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