O gloriosa virginum

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O glorious lady! throned on high

Above the star-illumined sky;

Thereto ordained, thy bosom lent

To thy Creator nourishment.

Through thy sweet offspring we receive

The bliss once lost through hapless Eve;

And heaven to mortals open lies

Now thou art portal of the skies.

Thou art the door of heaven's high King,

Light's gateway fair and glistering;

Life through a Virgin is restored;

Ye ransomed nations, praise the Lord!

All honour, laud, and glory be,

O Jesu, Virgin-born, to thee;

All glory, as is ever meet,

To Father and to Paraclete.

Amen.

O gloriósa vírginum,

Sublímis inter sídera,

Qui te creávit, párvulum

Lacténte nutris úbere.

Quod Heva tristis ábstulit,

Tu reddis almo gérmine:

Intrent ut astra flébiles,

Caeli reclúdis cárdines.

Tu Regis alti iánua

Et aula lucis fúlgida:

Vitam datam per Vírginem,

Gentes redémptae, pláudite.

Iesu tibi sit glória,

Qui natus es de Vírgine,

Cum Patre, et almo Spíritu,

In sempitérna saécula.

Amen.