Thomas Tallis

O salutaris hostia
quae caeli pandis ostium,
bella premunt hostilia:
da robur, fer auxilium.

From the hymn for Lauds at Corpus Christi, by St Thomas Aquinas

Notes

O saving victim
who opens the gate of heaven,
hostile wars press on us:
give strength, bring aid.

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