| CRISTO | OUR LORD CHRIST: OF ORDER |
| St. Francis of Assisi | tr. Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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Ordina quest'amore, o tu che m'ami: Non č virtų senz'ordine trovata: Poichč trovare tanto tu me abbrami, Sia la mente con virtų rinovata. A me amare voglio, che tu chiami La caritate, quale sia ordinata. Arbore si č provata Per l'ordine del frutto, Lo qual dimostra tutto D'ogni cosa il valore. Tutte le cose, che aio create Sė son fatte con numero e mensura, Ed al lor fine son tutte ordinate; Conservansi per ordin in valura: E molto pių ancora caritate Sė č ordinata nella sua natura. Or como per calura, Alma tu se'mpazzita? For d'ordin tu se'uscita; Non t'č freno el fervore? |
Set Love in order, thou that lovest Me. Never was virtue out of order found; And though I fill thy heart desirously, By thine own virtue I must keep My ground: When to My love thou dost bring charity, Even she must come with order girt and gown'd. Look how the trees are bound To order, bearing fruit; And by one thing compute, In all things earthly, order's grace or gain. All earthly things I had the making of Were number'd and were measured then by Me; And each was order'd to its end by Love, Each kept, through order, clean for ministry. |