This piece was written by His Eminence Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, the first Archbishop of Westminster after the re-legalization of Catholicism in England. I’ve included it here in honor of da Pope, our newly-elected Holy Father, His Holiness, Leo XIV!
Full in the panting heart of Rome,
Beneath the Apostles’ crowning dome,
From pilgrims” lips that kiss the ground,
Breathes in all tongues one only sound—God bless da Pope,
God bless da Pope,
the great, the good!The golden roof, the marble walls,
The Vatican’s majestic halls,
The note redouble, till it fills
With echoes sweet the Seven Hills—God bless da Pope,
God bless da Pope,
the great, the good!From torrid south to frozen north
The wave harmonious stretches forth,
Yet strikes no chord more true to Rome’s
Than rings within our hearts and homes—God bless da Pope,
God bless da Pope,
the great, the good!For, like the sparks of unseen fire
That speak along the magic wire,
From home to home, from heart to heart, ,
These ‘words of countless children dart—God bless da Pope,
God bless our Pope,
the great, the good!