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AMPHORA O plumed and puissant couriers ! O Angels clothed and crowned with light ! O mild and matchless ministers Of GOD, how deep the silence stirs At this our choral might ! Hail to the Virgin ! Hail ! the streams Are gathered in the starry river ; The incense column subtly steams Up past the palaces of dreams :— To Mary, Hail for ever ! Hail to the Virgin, Hail ! the sea Is one ; the stars divide and pale Before Thy single ecstasy Of light, O moon of majesty ! Hail to Thee ! Hail ! All hail ! Amen. 44
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AMPHORA Flame, ye young fingers of light, on the West of the Dawning that run ! Flame, O thou Meteor Car, for Her fire is exalted in thee ! Lighten the darkness, and herald the daylight, and waken the sea ! Flame, O flame ! Crown Her, O crown Her with Stars as with flowers for a virginal gaud ! Crown Her, O crown Her with Light and the flame of the down-rushing Sword ! Crown Her, O crown Her with Love for maiden and Mother and wife ! Hail unto Mary ! Hail ! for She is the Lady of Life ! Mary crowned ! Amen. 14
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…arth is dark, save where desires Exhale their black and bitter fires. Save for Thy sorrow, heaven is bright With cool and soft celestial light. But gazing deeper as we dare By virtue of retreat and prayer, Of fasting and of vigilance, We pierce beyond to brilliance. For all the blessed blood that poured Out of Thine heart at sorrow’s sword Is borne in GOD’s cherubic cars About the sky to make us stars. We in the world of woe who stray Lift up our hearts to Thee and pray : Turn all our pain to virgin might, And all our sorrow into light ! Amen. …
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…The curse of Eve, the serpent of desire ! Aid Thou thy servant in her travailing ! Ease Thou the dolour dire ! O Thou whose life brought Light into the Light, Be with us now to comfort and console That this Thy servant, through Thy maiden might, Achieve the goodly goal ! Or, if Thy pleasure be to take from earth Thy servant to Thy holy house above, That Thou mayst hold her, safe in happier birth, In Thine especial love :— Or, if Thy pleasure be to take the child To join Thy choir of innocents in Heaven, We do assure Thee, Virgin undefiled, The …
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…world, as pure water and wine, His sorrow is mingled and mixed into Thine, For a liquor to heal us the children of night, The Immaculate Light, the Immaculate Light ! Amen. A 50
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…Sound, O sound ! Gleam in the world of the dark, where the chained ones shall tremble and flee ! Gleam in the skies of the dusk, for the Light of the Dawn is in me ! Light on the forehead, and life in the nostrils, and love in the breast, Shine, O thou Star of the Dawning, thou Sun of the Radiant Crest ! Shine, O shine ! Flame through the sky in the strength of the Chariot wheels of the Sun ! R 13
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AMPHORA Till the fullness of Thy light Shine upon the untrodden way, Drown this dull, deceitful night In Thy sempiternal day ! Amen. 19
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…ng dove Our holy wishes heed ! Bring down the Spirit from above, With JESUS intercede, Till all the night dissolve in love That shall be Light indeed ! Amen. 17
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AMPHORA That star of resurrection Still stands above the night ; Its portent of perfection Shall bring us all to light ; And by the peace of Mary’s prayers Our rapture stands, exceeding theirs ! Amen. 57
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AMPHORA But if Thou wilt let both live merrily, Two sparks of light in this our glamour dim ! Still let Thy servant grow more like to Thee, The child more like to Him. Amen. 73
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…ange faces glimmer in the gloom ; The soul clings feebly to the clay. For that, the void ; for this, the tomb ! But Mary sheds a blessed light ; Her perfect face dispels the fears. She charms Her melancholy knight Up to the glad and gracious spheres. O Mary, like a pure perfume Do thou receive this failing breath, And with Thy starry lamp illume The darkling corridors of death ! Amen. T 7
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…ke to toil and praise, Since these our purpose speed By walking humbly in Thy ways To worship Thee indeed. Let all the life and love and light Of earth and sky and sea Soar in one flame’s surpassing might To Thee—to Thee—to Thee ! Amen. N 53
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AMPHORA VIII LL hail, dread LORD, all hail ! Smite through Thy rended veil Light till our sun grows pale— Eclipsed, discrowned ! Now might not men withstand, Save that one maiden bland Aids with Her splendid hand Them whose poor power is spanned By earth’s sad ground. All hail ! dear CHRIST, all hail ! None could endure Thy pale Anguish ; all creatures veil Their woeful eyes. Joy fills the hells of hate. Thou shalt their rage abate, Conquer the lords of fate, Virgin immaculate, Serene and wise ! A 10
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…hoir To 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
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…owing sun. The agonies and eases Of all the year are done :— When eastward through the lampless night There shone a strange and splendid 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
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… world’s deceitful ways, Bring to Thine assured assent By Thy mystic sacrament. Queen of Mercy, Queen of Might, Bring us to Thine ardent light ! We are weak and violent : By Thy mystic sacrament Bring us to Thy power and peace, To the passionless release ! Queen of Splendour, Queen of Love, Bring us to Thine House above, Where in love and splendour dwell All the saints that praise Thee well. Bring us to their great content By Thy mystic sacrament ! Amen. O 76
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…rit 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 ! M 18
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… I look toward the great event, To Mary’s bliss, the starry treasure. I scourge my body till the blood Pours from this heart that hateth light, Mix with its tide Thy crystal flood ! O Mary, cleanse Thine acolyte ! Accept this offering of pain ! Receive Thy neophyte’s devotion, Till to Thy peace he rise again, O star of love on sorrow’s ocean ! Amen. B 59
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…ee A faint enshadowing of Thee. Our minds are dull, our lives are base ; We cannot see the maiden face. Imagination may not run From moonlight to the self-lit sun. Darkly as in a glass we gaze And lose ourselves in pious praise. How then when risen and pure of heart In heaven we see Thee as Thou art ? O let the film of earth and sin Each day by love grow clear and thin ! O let Thy worship done aright Prepare us for the eternal Light ! Amen. A 39
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…u art the bird within the bower, And Thou the honey in the flower ! Thou art the moon in Egypt’s night ; The shade from Afric’s blasting light ! In all the world of ill we bow To the one good, and that is Thou. For blazing in Thy blessed womb Glitters the CHRIST, a star of doom To cast the stars of evil kings Into the blind abyss of things. Hail, Mary, hail ! Thou didst conceive The Holy Child whom we believe. Draw Thou our loyal spirits hence In rapture and in reverence ! Still be the beatific balm To heal, to comfort, and to calm ! Still make…