Hail Mary
AMPHORA BOOK I
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AMPHORA BOOK I
AMPHORA BOOK II
AMPHORA BOOK III
AMPHORA BOOK IV
This volume was issued anonymously in 1909 by Messrs. Burns & Oates under the title “ Amphora”
AMPHORA Till the fullness of Thy light Shine upon the untrodden way, Drown this dull, deceitful night In Thy sempiternal day ! Amen. 19
AMPHORA No CHRIST have I, save Thou achieve This miracle-in-chief ! O Mary maiden, I believe ! Help Thou mine unbelief ! Amen. 24
AMPHORA CHORUS: O hear us, Mary blest ! Thy heavenly love accord, That we may rest on JESU’S breast, Thy Son, our living LORD ! Amen. 65
AMPHORA IV By Mary’s tenderness and truth Make good our variable endeavour To live in endless peace and youth With Thee for ever and for ever ! Amen. 78
AMPHORA Yet daily our worship shall quicken The dust, till our souls are sufficed With the fire from the stars of Ye stricken, O CHRIST and O Mother of CHRIST. Amen. 35
AMPHORA Our Lady, let Thy darling 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
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
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
AMPHORA So shall we sleep 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
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
AMPHORA Now is the royal mystery outrun ; Mary is gathered to the Holy One. The vision fails ; and we abase our eyes In silent praise and solemn ecstasies. Hail, Mary, hail ! Our song goes up to Thee ; From Thee descends the quickening decree. Like trembling flowers our souls accept the stress Of Thine exalted dew of holiness. Amen. 37
AMPHORA XI QUEEN of Heaven, who didst conceive The ALMIGHTY without sin, Give us the rapture to receive Thy sinless love within ! Our souls are stained, our thoughts impure ; O Queen of Heaven, assoil Our error, our distemperature With Thine anointing oil ! Our censers fume before Thy feet. Through all the starry host Whisper the sacred words and sweet : “ Receive the HOLY GHOST ! ” Amen. O 15
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 VIII 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
AMPHORA In every various circumstance Thou healest with Thy holy glance, If but our trembling souls advance With—Hail, O Mother Mary. Pour forth, we pray, the dewy ease Thou sheddest on Thy devotees, Who greet Thee humbly on their knees With—Hail, O holy Mary. Thy mystic mercy as a Dove Let overshadow us above ! Receive us to Thy House or Love Who hail Thee holy Mary ! Amen. 46