Sing, my tongue, the Saviour’s glory, Tell his triumph far and wide

Sing, my tongue, the Saviour’s glory, Tell his triumph far and wide. Edward Caswall* (1814-1878). Caswall’ s translation of the celebrated hymn by St Thomas Aquinas, ‘Pange lingua gloriosi Corporis mysterium’* , was printed in his Lyra Catholica (1849). It was written for Matins on Passion Sunday. As with John Mason Neale*’s ‘Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle’*, which dates from 1851, Caswall’s hymn was subjected over the years to many alterations and omissions. His 1849 text was as follows: Sing, my tongue, the Saviour’s glory;  Tell his triumph far and wide; Tell aloud the famous story  Of his Body crucified; How upon the Cross a Victim,  Vanquishing in death, He died. Eating of the...