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48. Novus sol de virgine
Novus sol de virgine
Reluxit nobis hodie.
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The holy daughter of Zion,Princess of Jerusalem,
This day sprang out of thee alone
The grain of Jesse in Bethlem.
2
This day also the bright starThat Balaam gan to magnify,
He rose of thee to stint our warrë
And in darkness us to gy.
3
Thou art also abown ilkon,A mother and a maiden true,
And the yard eke of Aaron,
That bare this day a burgeon new.
4
The orient light of NazarethThou art also, to stint our strife,
That broughtë forth againës death
This day the soothfast Man of Life.
5
Thou art eke the fleece of Gideon,A-dewëd with the Holy Ghost;
The chaste temple of Solomon,
Clear as crystal in every coast.
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Thou art eke the joy of Israel,To stint all our oldë sorrow;
The gatë which Ezechiel
Saw alway close both even and morrow.
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And thou art eke the purple roseThat whilom grew in Jericho;
The Father's wisdom to enclose
Thou were the temple and tower also.
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Now, thou chaste lily flower,Springing from the Jewës spine,
Be our help and our succour
Againës the venom serpentine.
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