Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo,
Facta est quasi vidua
Domina gentium princeps provinciarum
facta est sub tributo.
How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people!
How is she become as a widow!
The mistress of the Gentiles, and princess among the provinces,
How she is made tributary!
Lamentations 1:1, Tenebrae Matins of Maundy Thursday
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