Illic, precor, optime ductor, famulam tibi praecipe mentem, genitali in sede sacrari quam liquerat exsul et errans.
Take, O take him, mighty Leader, Take again thy servant's soul, To the house from which he wandered Exiled, erring, long ago. "Hymnus X: Ad Exequias Defuncti", line 165; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (London: Constable, [1929] 1943) p. 47.
Tags: errans, exsul, Illic, liquerat, mentem, optime, praecipe, precor
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