Now, glory to the Three in One,
To God the Father, God the Son,
And to the Spirit, one in Three,
From age to age eternally.
DEUS-HOMO, REX CŒLORUM
By Bishop Marbodus. Born in Anjou, 1035; successively Archdeacon of Angers and Bishop of Rennes; died in 1125. Was author of a poem De Gemmis, which gives a mystical explanation of precious stones much in favour in the Middle Ages.
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King of heaven, our nature wearing,
Pity lend the sad despairing;
’Neath the sway of sin repining,