ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF JESU DULCIS MEMORIA.
REV. EDWARD CASWALL, Roman Catholic (1814-1878).

From "Lyra Catholica, containing all the Breviary and Missal Hymns,”
London, 1849 (pp. 56-59).

3. O Jesu! Light of all below!
Thou Fount of life and fire!
Surpassing all the joys we know,
All that we can desire:

4. May every heart confess thy name,
And ever Thee adore;

And seeking Thee, itself inflame
To seek Thee more and more.

5. Thee may our tongues forever bless;
Thee may we love alone;
And ever in our lives express
The image of Thine own.

LAUDS.

(Jesu, decus angelicum. Ver. 21 sqq.)

1. O Jesu! Thou the beauty art
Of angel worlds above;
Thy Name is music to the heart,
Enchanting it with love.

2. Celestial sweetness unalloy'd,
Who eat Thee hunger still;
Who drink of Thee still feel a void,
Which nought but Thou can fill.

3. O my sweet Jesu! hear the sighs
Which unto Thee I send ;
To Thee mine inmost spirit cries,
My being's hope and end.

4. Stay with us, Lord, and with Thy light Illume the soul's abyss;

Scatter the darkness of our night,
And fill the world with bliss.

5. O Jesu! spotless Virgin flower!
Our life and joy! to Thee
Be praise, beatitude and power,
Through all eternity.

REV. JAMES WADDELL ALEXANDER, D.D., Presbyterian (1804-1859). First published in the "Mercersburg Review" for April, 1859 (p. 304, with the Latin text and an introductory note by Philip Schaff).

JESUS, HOW SWEET THY MEMORY IS.

(Jesu dulcis memoria. Ver. 1 sqq.)

1. Jesus, how sweet Thy memory is!
Thinking of Thee is truest bliss;
Beyond all honeyed sweets below
Thy presence is it here to know.

9. Thou art of heavenly grace the fount,
Thou art the true Sun of God's mount;
Scatter the saddening cloud of night,
And pour upon us glorious light!

REV. RAY PALMER, D.D., Congregationalist (1808-1887). Written, 1858, at Albany, N. Y.

A free reproduction of five stanzas.

JESUS, THOU JOY OF LOVING HEARTS.
("Jesu, dulcedo cordium." Ver. 4 sqq.)

1. Jesus, Thou Joy of loving hearts,

Thou Fount of life, Thou Light of men,
From the best bliss that earth imparts,
We turn unfilled to Thee again.

2. Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood;
Thou savest those that on Thee call;
To them that seek Thee, Thou art good,
To them that find Thee, All in all.

3. We taste Thee, O thou living Bread,
And long to feast upon Thee still;
We drink of Thee, the Fountain Head,
And thirst, our souls from Thee to fill.

4. Our restless spirits yearn for Thee,

Where'er our changeful lot is cast;
Glad, when Thy gracious smile we see,
Blest, when our faith can hold Thee fast.

5. O Jesus, ever with us stay;

Make all our moments calm and bright;
Chase the dark night of sin away;
Shed o'er the world Thy holy light.

DR. ABRAHAM COLES, 1889.

Verses 1, 2, 3, 5.

1a. The memory of Jesus' Name

Is past expression sweet:

At each dear mention, hearts aflame
With quicker pulses beat.