Note 133 — Chapter V
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A similar idea indeed pervades some addresses to the Virgin of the present day, representing the great and only potentate as her heavenly husband, in himself full of rage, but softened into tenderness towards her votaries by her influence. See a hymn, in the Paris collection already referred to, p. 353, &c. of this work (Nouveau Recueil de Cantiques, p. 183).
Daignez, Marie, en ce jour (Vouchsafe, Mary, on this day) Ecouter nos soupirs, (To hear our sighs,) Et seconder nos désirs. (And to second our desires.) Daignez, Marie, en ce jour (Vouchsafe, Mary, on this day) Recevoir notre encens, notre amour. (To receive our incense, our love.) Du céleste époux (Calm the rage) Calmez le courroux, (Of thy heavenly husband,) Qu'il se montre doux (Let HIM show himself kind) A tous qui sont à vous. (To all those who are thine.) Du céleste époux (Of thy heavenly husband) Calmez le courroux, (Calm the rage,) Que son coeur s'attendrisse sur nous. (Let his heart be softened towards us.)