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AMPHORA IX AIL to Thee, Lady bright, Queen of the stars of night ! Ave Maria ! Spouse of the Breath Divine, Hail to Thee, shrouded shrine, Whence our REDEEMER came ! Hail to Thy holy name ! Ave Maria ! Hail, Hail, O Queen, to Thee, Spouse of Eternity ! Ave Maria ! Mother in Maidenhood ! Saintly Beatitude ! Queen of the Angel Host ! Bride of the HOLY GHOST ! Ave Maria ! Amen. H 12
AMPHORA I HE worlds were drunken as with wine When, shimmering from the throne divine, The soul of Mary fixed its ray Within the meek and maiden clay. The stars in mightier music rolled ; The sun achieved a gladder gold ; The moon less pure acclaimed the morn ; —Mary immaculate is born. Rejoice, O children of the earth, At your salvation brought to birth ! This is the perfect period. Mary is born that shall bear GOD. Amen. T 3
…Thy throne ; All saints and maids and martyrs own The joyous gift of GOD to Thee, And Angels quire Thy sanctity. Abase, my head, to this Divine Decree, and worship Mary’s shrine Wherefrom the healing springs upstart :— Lift up, mine heart ! Lift up, mine heart ! Amen. L 30
…o match the host of heaven, Where the seven lamps of mystic fire Shine, and the spirits seven ! In this religious gloom Invoke the light divine As, Mary, in Thy blessed womb GOD made the Daystar shine. This common fruit of earth Be made the Body of grace Even as the flesh by Jesu’s birth Was holy for a space. All things by heavenly power To that redemption come Equal before Thee in the hour Of joy or martyrdom. Amen. A 58
…ring The HOLY GHOST that poured On Mary’s bosom soft as spring The unction of the LORD ! In silence let our hearts adore The Mother-maid Divine, And all our vows like swallows soar To Her celestial shrine ! Amen. O 26
…il, And give our lives to Thee. Our hopes are sacrificed At Thy pellucid shrine. We worship CHRIST ; to wed with CHRIST We take Thy vows divine. O Thou supremely pure, Cleanse Thou this feeble clay ! Thy grace endure that we endure To that mirific day ! Our virgin brows and pale The holy Crown shall gird. Who took Thy veil shall lift Thy veil And hear the final Word. T 64
…endid light. The noise of pomp and battle Of Israel died away. Amid the lowing cattle The Holy Mother lay, While at Her breast the Child Divine Drank in the starry milk and wine. Three magians Chaldean Have bowed their royal knees Before the Galilean, The GOD of stars and seas, And tasted all the fervent grace That shone from Mary’s maiden face. T 56
… infernal goad The seven bleeding sorrows flowed : Thou keepest secret and apart The wounds of JESUS in Thine heart. Through Thee by the divine consent The seven ecstatic joys are sent : Thy secret worship shall inspire Our hearts with His devoted fire. O mother, to Thy house of death We fly from life’s deceitful breath. O star of love upon the sea, We sail to Thee—we sail to Thee ! Amen. O 9
… 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 ! M 18
…nd the Mother of CHRIST. Too pale the libation we spill is ; Too cold is the censer we swing ; The glory exceeds of Thy lilies, O Mother Divine of the King ! M 34