Hymns of the Christian Church.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| Latin Hymns |
| | | Jesu, Dulcis Memoria |
| | | St. Bernard of Clairvaux Tr. E. Caswall (1091–1153) |
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| JESU, the very thought of Thee | |
| With sweetness fills the breast; | |
| But sweeter far Thy Face to see, | |
| And in Thy Presence rest. | |
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| No voice can sing, no heart can frame, | 5 |
| Nor can the memory find | |
| A sweeter sound than Jesu’s Name, | |
| The Saviour of mankind. | |
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| O Hope of every contrite heart, | |
| O Joy of all the meek, | 10 |
| To those who ask how kind Thou art, | |
| How good to those who seek! | |
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| But what to those who find? Ah! this | |
| Nor tongue nor pen can show; | |
| The love of Jesus, what it is | 15 |
| None but His loved ones know. | |
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| Jesu, our only Joy be Thou, | |
| As Thou our Prize wilt be: | |
| In Thee be all our glory now, | |
| And through eternity. | 20 |
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