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Crux Fidelis (Faithful Cross, Above All Other)

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Faithful Cross! above all other, One and only noble Tree! None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peer may be: Sweetest wood and sweetest iron! Sweetest weight is hung on thee.

SOURCES

  • Venantius Fortunatus (6th c.), trans. John Mason Neale (1851, public domain)

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