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1908 · PDF PAGE 13

Amphora

AMPHORA IV HOU star at sea, that still dost point The unimaginable goal, With eucharistic rays anoint The wounds of this my sinful soul ! The seas are strong, the charts obscure ; The compass spells a traitor rune. Do thou exalt thy loyal lure Above the dead deceitful moon ! The sailors mutiny ; the storm Wilder and wilder shrieks and wails, And phantoms ghastly 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 blot…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 64

Amphora

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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1908 · PDF PAGE 86

Amphora

…upine in feebleness. The Eye of Heaven to us is blind ; Time is so sad, and earth so grey ; But by Thine influence we find One steadfast star to shew the way. Thine is the sympathetic balm That eases from Life’s bruising rod ; And Thine the meek eternal calm That brings our souls in tune with GOD Amen. O 79

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1908 · PDF PAGE 11

Amphora

AMPHORA II EHOLD within the veil withdrawn Thy mighty star on chaos dawn, Thy beatific breath complete The purpose of the PARACLETE. Where sinful sorrow doth oppress, Thy sinless sorrow doth redress, O maid whom seven demon lords Thrust through the heart with seven swords ! O sweet and sober mother-maid, Within my heart each bleeding blade Shudders, as, meditating Thee, Thy mercy sheds its shower on me ! O mother Mary, from Thy soul Distil the balm to make me whole ; And when the dreary days are done Lead up my spirit to Thy Son ! Amen. B 4

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1908 · PDF PAGE 77

Amphora

…liance of the choral sun. Hear us, O Mary, blessed Queen of GOD ! Bless Thou the wreath as Thou hast blessed the rod ! Endow us from Thy star-embattled coast With the perfections of the HOLY GHOST ! Amen. O 70

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1908 · PDF PAGE 16

Amphora

…hy 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

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1908 · PDF PAGE 66

Amphora

…lancholy doors. I shall not ever be content With earth and all its tedious pleasure. 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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1908 · PDF PAGE 52

Amphora

… monument of stone, And meditate before the throne Of bright and blessed Mary. I see Her glory from afar Gleam like some cold and sacred star Among the solitudes that are The shrines of blessed Mary. Bid Thou these filmy eyes to see ! Turn Thou this heart to grace and gree ! Bring Thou my sense-dulled self to Thee, O bright and blessed Mary ! The song may cease, but through the air Ever shall course the perfect prayer Even to Thy heart, O royal, rare, And holy Virgin Mary ! E 45

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1908 · PDF PAGE 70

Amphora

…he road. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice blest the Name of GOD. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow her !) There stands her star above the sky. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She hath thrice blest the TRINITY. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow her !) Her joyful ardour hath sufficed. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) She is delivered of the CHRIST. (The angels come to worship Her !) Amen. T 63

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1908 · PDF PAGE 20

Amphora

…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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1908 · PDF PAGE 12

Amphora

…lasting 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 to bud the barren rod, And bring our spirits back to GOD ! Amen. W 5

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