Not a Thought of Earthly Things!

Not a thought of earthly things!
Every head in awe be bended:
Christ our God, the King of kings,
Comes by angel troops attended.

Forth He comes, a victim He
For the wide world’s need availing,
And His people’s food to be,
With Himself their souls regaling.

Cherubim with watchful eyes,
Seraphim their brows concealing,
Powers and principalities,
Cry aloud, like thunder pealing.

Author: St. Thomas Aquinas

Year: 1264

This is an English translation of the first three stanzas of the medieval Latin hymn 'Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysterium' (specifically the portion sometimes titled 'Tantum ergo' or used separately). The original author is Thomas Aquinas; the translation here appears to be by an anonymous or lesser-known hand (possibly from a 19th-century hymnal), but the lyrics are directly derived from Aquinas's work.