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by Sedulius Scottus (flourished 840-60)

Contra plagam
Language: Latin 
Libera plebem tibi servientem,
ira mitescat tua, sancte rector,
lacrimas clemens gemitusque amaros
respice, Christe.

Tu pater noster dominusque celsus,
nos tui servi sumus, alme pastor,
frontibus nostris rosei cruoris
signa gerentes.

Infero tristi tibi quis fatetur?
Mortui laudes tibi num sacrabunt?
Ferreae virgae, metuende iudex,
parce, rogamus.

Non propinetur populo tuoque
nunc calix irae, meriti furoris:
clareant priscae miserationes --
quaesumus, audi.

Deleas nostrum facinus, precamur,
nosque conserva, benedicte princeps,
mentium furvas supera tenebras,
lux pia mundi.

Sancte sanctorum, dominusque regum,
visitet plebem tua sancta dextra,
nos tuo vultu videas serenus,
ne pereamus. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Sedulius Scottus (flourished 840-60), "Contra plagam" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965) , "Intercession against the Plague", appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, first published 1929 ; composed by Gustav Holst.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 93

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