Hail, true Body, born of Mary

Hail, true Body, born of Mary. Latin, 13th or 14th century, translated by Henry Nutcombe Oxenham* (1820-1888).  This is one of several translations of the medieval Latin hymn sung at the elevation of the Host, ‘Ave verum corpus natum’* (for other translations, no longer in use, see JJ, p. 100). Athough Oxenham became a Roman Catholic, this hymn was written before his conversion and printed in his Sentence of Kaires and other Poems (1854). It was printed in an appendix (1864) to Part II of the Hymnal Noted. It appeared in EH (retained in NEH): Hail, true Body, born of Mary,Spotless Virgin's virgin birth;Thou whose sacred side was riven,Whence the Water flowed and Blood,  O most kind! O...