08.05.2012, 21:49
To the Virgin Mary
HAIL Virgin! Queen of all the heavenly host -
The brightest star of all the stars that shine
Robed in the glory of the light Divine -
Hail, creature of all creatures leved the most!
O Mary, Mother, is there heart so cold
As not to love a loving Queen like thee,
As not to sigh with ardent sighs to be
Nearer thy presence, and thy face behold?
Ah, with a mother's lovingness look down
From thy ensphered beatitude above -
Ensphered in depths ineffable of love
On all who ill can bear life's thorny crown;
On all who faint or falter on the way.
Thy smile is harbinger of endless Day
HAIL Virgin! Queen of all the heavenly host -
The brightest star of all the stars that shine
Robed in the glory of the light Divine -
Hail, creature of all creatures leved the most!
O Mary, Mother, is there heart so cold
As not to love a loving Queen like thee,
As not to sigh with ardent sighs to be
Nearer thy presence, and thy face behold?
Ah, with a mother's lovingness look down
From thy ensphered beatitude above -
Ensphered in depths ineffable of love
On all who ill can bear life's thorny crown;
On all who faint or falter on the way.
Thy smile is harbinger of endless Day