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Prudentius

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Illic, precor, optime ductor,
famulam tibi praecipe mentem,
genitali in sede sacrari
quam liquerat exsul et errans.
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Take, O take him, mighty Leader, Take again thy servant's soul, To the house from which he wandered Exiled, erring, long ago.
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"Hymnus X: Ad Exequias Defuncti", line 165; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (London: Constable, 1943) p. 47.

 
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