"Dum Magistri super pectus Fontem haurit intellectûs Et doctrinæ flumina, Fiunt, ipso situ loci, Verbo fides, auris voci, Mens Deo contermina. Unde mentis per excessus, Carnis, sensûs super gressus Errorumque nubila, Contra veri solis lumen Visum cordis et acumen Figit velut aquila."
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Verbi vere substantivi, sts. 2–3 (tr. Digby S. Wrangham, 1881)
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Adam of Saint Victor
1068 – 1146
Adam of Saint Victor (Latin: Adamus Sancti Victoris; c. 1068 – 1146) was a prolific composer and poet of Latin hymns.
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