AMPHORA 
XIII 
 
 
ARY, Mother of our GOD, 
 Hear our faint ecstatic prayer ! 
Kindle Spirit in the clod ! 
Kindle hope in our despair ! 
Be His saving mercy spilt 
Like a fountain on our sin ! 
Match His Godhead with our guilt ! 
Light the love of GOD within ! 
 
O majestic !  O Divine ! 
O most merciful and pure ! 
Let our spirits at Thy shrine 
Humbled, gladden and endure ! 
Help the weakness of our sight 
Blind before Thy radiant face ! 
Bring us to Thy full delight 
By the ardour of Thy grace ! 
 
Darkling doors and dangerous 
In the ways of life and death :— 
Cleanse us !  help us !  succour us 
By the beatific breath ! 
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