All ye that seek a comfort sure

All ye that seek a comfort sure. Latin, probably 18th century, translated by Edward Caswall* (1814-1878). The Latin hymn, ‘Quicunque certum quaeritis’, is found in a Breviary published at Lisbon in 1786 (Ulysse Chevalier cites a Franciscan Breviary of 1757; see Frost, 1962, p. 193). It was appointed for vespers in the Office of the Sacred Heart, which is referred to in stanza 2, ‘ad cor reclusum vulnere,/ ad mite cor, accedite’. Caswall’s translation appeared in his Lyra Catholica (1849), with the first line as ‘All ye who seek a certain cure’ (for his original text, see the entry on ‘All ye who seek for sure relief’*, from the First Edition of A&M, 1861). In the Second Edition of...