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1908 · PDF PAGE 81

Amphora

… RAISE unto Mary, Queen of Heaven’s array, Whose word shall save us on the Judgement Day ! We serve Thee gracious, Thee compassionate— O keep us in the Way serene and strait ! O keep us in the Way of those who bless Thy favour filling out their feebleness, And keep us ever from the fatal way Of those unhappy ones who go astray ! Amen. P 74

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1908 · PDF PAGE 61

Amphora

AMPHORA X Vespers OW at the setting of the sun We turn our thoughts to rest and sleep. Do Thou, O chaste and Holy One, Our spirits keep ! O shed Thy radiance forth in streams To keep us in the Land of Dreams ! The subtle enemy of man Marshals his hosts to work us ill. His demons bloat or deathly wan Sustain his will. More than day’s arrow doth affright The Fear that walketh in the night. Keep Thou our dreams ! Let holy words And angel voices breathing balm And sweetly-tuned celestial birds Uplift their psalm ! Our meditations on Thy grace Blend…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 62

Amphora

…leep without alarm And wake refreshed to worship Thee, Thy children from infernal harm For ever free, Until we pray Thine holy breath To keep us in the Land of Death. Amen. 55

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1908 · PDF PAGE 78

Amphora

AMPHORA VI Vigil ITH the Cross on my sword as its sigil With the foes of Thy Church I would grapple, All night by my arms I keep vigil In the lonely and luminous chapel. From the solemn monitions of even I brood ; Thou dost shine from above. The veil of Thy mystical heaven Is melted in glory and love. O Thou, of Thy mercy apply Thy grace to my spurs and my sword, That my banner may flame to the sky In the van of the hosts of the LORD ! Amen. W 71

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1908 · PDF PAGE 13

Amphora

…y and difform Haunt thy poor captain as he sails. Grant, as death’s iceberg threatens me, Sin’s fog, Satanic spite that bars, That I may keep these eyes on Thee, Star on the sea that blots the stars ! Amen. T 6

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