"Urbs Syon aurea, patria lactea, cive decora Omne cor obruis, omnibus obstruis et cor et ora Nescio, nescio, quae jubilatio, lux tibi quali Quam sociala gaudia, gloria quam specialis."
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Jerusalem the golden! with milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice opprest: I know not, oh, I know not what social joys are there; What radiancy of glory, what light beyond compare. — ll. 45–48, Urbs Sion aurea (tr. J. M. Neale, 1851, rev. 1858)
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Bernard of Cluny
Bernard of Cluny (or, of Morlaix or Morlay; fl. c. 1109 – c. 1140) was a twelfth-century French Benedictine monk, best known as the author of De contemptu mundi (On Contempt for the World), a long verse satire in Latin.
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