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(So great therefore). The concluding part of the hymn for Corpus Christi day, entitled Pange lingua, which is sung in the Latin Church when the holy sacrament is exposed for the worship, and elevated for the benediction of the faithful.

"T

antumt ergo Sacramentum V

eneremur cernui: Et antiqum documentur N

ovo cedat ritui:

P

raestet fides supplementum S

ensuum defectui.

"G

enitori, genitoque L

ans et jubilatio,

S

alus,

honor,

virtus quoque,

S

it et benedictio: Procedenti ab utroque C

ompar sit laudatio. A

men."