Poema sacrum, in diem purificationis, augustissimae Dei genitricis Mariae (1587) - Page 17

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E P I G R A M

O N T H E S A M E F E A S T

T O T H E G R E A T M O T H E R A N D V I R G I N.

This purification original: "lustratio" does not grant anything to you, O Virgin, but rather to us,
As you shine completely pure, while we are stained with smoke.
You, O Virgin, are a rose breathing forth a heavenly scent,
The rest of the crowd of the female flock are merely thorns.

T H E E N D.

T O G O D, T H E B E S T A N D G R E A T E S T,

K I N G O F A L L A G E S, P R A I S E A N D G L O R Y.

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