Sojourn, Spring '98 Issue
 

 




Rosa das rosas


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Rosa das rosas poem 

The underlined words are from a song in praise of the Virgin by Alfonso el Sabio, king of Castille in the 13th century. The words are in Gallo-Portugese, a literary language in use at that time. They translate: Roses of all roses, Flower of all flowers, Lady of all ladies.