So faints my heart—so would I die for Thee!
(Transl. by Emily Mary Shapcote.)
The greatest religious poet of all times after St. Bernard was Jacopone da Todi, who also, though rarely, revelled in fervid utterances. The Latin hymn, Stabat Mater Speciosa, ascribed to him, is spurious. I quote a translation taken from the Rosary of the B.V.M.
Other Virgins far transcending,
Virgin, be not thou unbending,
To thy humble suppliant's suit.
Grant me then, to thee united,
By the love of Christ excited,
Here to sing my jubilee.
But he is undoubtedly the author of the following stanzas: