_Quaerit Jesum suum beata Virgo._ Luc. ii. 45.
Ah, redeas miserae, redeas, puer alme, parenti;
Ah, neque te coelis tam cito redde tuis.
Coelum nostra tuum fuerint, o, brachia, si te
Nostra suum poterunt brachia ferre Deum.
_The blessed Virgin seeks Jesus._
Ah, to Thy mother, ah, return,
my fair, beloved Son;
Return not to Thy native skies,
my heaven-descended One.
Thy mother's arms Thy heaven would be,
enfolding Thee around;
If thus within these innocent arms
the great God might be found.[51] G.