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Hymn to the Sacred Wounds of Jesus

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“Hymn to the Sacred Wounds of Jesus” as printed in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 334 1860 · historical text
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This text comes from Catholic Hymns (1860), a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

God of mercy let us run

Where yon fount of sorrow flows,

Pondering sweetly one by one,

Jesu's wounds and Mary's woes.

Verse 2

Ah! those tears our Lady shed,

Enough to drown a world of sin;

Tears that Jesu's sorrows fed,

Peace and pardon well may win.

Verse 3

His five wounds a very home

For our prayers and praises prove;

And our Lady's woes become

Endless joys in Heaven above.

Verse 4

Jesu who for us didst die,

All on Thee our love we pour;

And in the Holy Trinity

Worship Thee for evermore.

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Traditional words. Historical text published in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860), “Hymn to the Sacred Wounds of Jesus”

The 1860 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held.

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