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AMPHORA II Consecration of a Nun HE suns of Terra pale ; The mists of Terra flee ; To lift Thy veil we take Thy veil, 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
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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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AMPHORA All hail, bright Ghost, all hail ! Thou didst Thy splendours veil In that entrancing pale Maternal maid. Nor could thy flame carouse On our unlighted brows, Save that Thy sweet sad spouse Sends from Her holy house Her puissant aid. Amen. 11
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…t 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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AMPHORA II EHOLD within the veil withdrawn Thy mighty star on chaos dawn, Thy beatific breath complete The purpose of the PARACLETE.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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AMPHORA IX FT when our prayers and praises fail On wings unfledged to reach the Throne, Thou takest them beneath the veil And makest them Thine own. Of all our callow vows and cold, Born hardly to much bitterness, Thy mercy takes effectual hold And granteth them success. Not by our passion or our will The eager suppliant is heard, But by the white ecstatic thrill Of Thy serener word. Accept our prayer, accept our praise, O Thou all praise and prayer above ! O fix our weak and wavering will On Thee, the Queen of Love ! Amen. O 75
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AMPHORA VII I EFORE the veil of death divide And usher man to bliss or bale He hath an hour to heal his pride And greet Thee with a glad “ All hail ” ! CHORUS ; Hail Mary, blessed through the ages ! Hail Mary, blessed to the term ! Thou hast stilled the heathen as he rages, And trod upon the laidly worm. II In calm and storm, in peace and strife, There is a lull ; be ours to scale Therein the pinnacles of life By greeting Thee with Mary hail ! III Some of us conquer and succeed ; Some in the battle flinch and fail : Thou art enough for either n…