by Coleridge · Cluster: Faith · Providence · Divine Love
Abstract
A short Latin cradle-hymn of the Virgin Mary singing the sleeping infant Jesus, copied from a Catholic print. Themes of divine love, the Virgin and childhood in hymn form.
Connections
Motifs: Sleep, Childhood Themes & Concepts: Divine Love, Faith, Innocence and Experience Forms & Genres: Hymn Historical References: Catholic Church Characters: Virgin Mary, Christ
Testo integrale / Full text
COPIED FROM A PRINT OF THE VIRGIN IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC VILLAGE IN GERMANY
Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt,
Dormi, Jesu! blandule!
Si non dormis, Mater plorat,
Inter fila cantans orat, 5
Blande, veni, somnule.