"Crux fidelis, inter omnes Arbor una nobilis: Nulla silva talem profert, Fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, Dulce pondus sustinet."

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Faithful Cross! above all other, One and only noble tree! None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peers may be: Sweetest Wood and sweetest Iron! Sweetest Weight is hung on thee. — From Lustra sex qui jam peracta. Translated by in The Hymner, 2nd ed. (1905), no. 39