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…PHORA VIII HEN all the world is wrapt in cloud, The storm-fiend yells and raves aloud, Our heads in peace to Thee are bowed With Hail, O holy Mary ! When on the burnt and blazing plains The hard sun withers up our veins, We raise to Thee our subtle strains Of Hail, Thou holy Mary ! When on the sea its combers grim Circle the sky from rim to rim, We sing to thee the holy hymn Of Hail, Thou holy Mary ! When on the mountains in the ice We hang above some precipice, We offer Thee the sacrifice, And hail Thee, holy Mary ! Still, when the icy breeze …
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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
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…MPHORA I Feast of the Nativity HE Virgin lies at Bethlehem (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The root of David shoots a stem. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow Her !) She lies alone amid the kine. (Bring gold and frankincense and myrrh !) The straw is fragrant as with wine. (O HOLY SPIRIT, shadow her !) There are three Kings upon the 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…
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…n 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
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AMPHORA O bring us swiftly to the waters Of peace ; our souls in joyance bring, As we adore, Thy sons and daughters, Thy SON, the Holy King ! Thy seven sacraments deliver That so Thy sorrows may not sting ! O lead us upward to the river Of our anointed King ! With these desires my life be laden ! These two adore, my soul ! and sing ! Mary, Thou mildest mother-maiden, Thy SON, the Holy King ! Amen. 28
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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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AMPHORA II NSHRINED in cloistral sanctity I sit and worship solemnly. Mary is everything to me. I hail Thee holy Mary. By day and night I sit alone Mute as a 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 sha…
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…d King ! Now, O Thou pitiful and pallid, Who to the cross didst cleave and cling, Thy tears to life from death have rallied Thy SON, the Holy King ! Eater of flesh and soul and spirit, The Lord of Hell on dropping wing His doom of dolour doth inherit From our anointed King. See ! headlong where he reels and plunges To the abyss, a noisome thing ! He falls ! Our sin Thy SON expunges ! Thy SON, the Holy King ! Then, O thou mildest maiden mother, Thou feedest us ! our crowns we fling Here at Thy feet, who art no other Than Lady of our King F 27
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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
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…A 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
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…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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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
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…gi move to minister To Him with gold and frankincense and myrrh. Those Pagans gazing on the Heavenly Host Were blest of FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST ; And me, though I be as an heathen Mage, Thou wilt accept in this my pious page. M
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…h 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
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…e Heathen horrors in their rage Grisly war on Thee that wage— Ave, blessed Mary ! Let Thy foes be brought to shame. Turn their hearts to holy flame To the glory of Thy name— Ave, blessed Mary ! Crown our arms with water crossed ! Bring to perfect Pentecost All the legions of the lost ! Ave, blessed Mary ! Amen. 69
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…r worth or wit is, We raise the choral hymn. To GOD’S eternal Mother We lift our hearts of flame ; We join with one another To bless Her holy name. II O hear us, blessed Mary ! Thy graces send as dew, As kisses fond and faery Our spirits to renew ! O bid our sinful nation, The broken from the rod, By Thine initiation Soar subtly up to GOD ! I 66
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…et impulsion stirs The soul lethargic unto good, The slaves to ministers ! Our Lady, sorrowful and sweet, Thy precious gift bestow ! Thy holy spouse the PARACLETE Breathe down on us below That all the chrism be complete, Thy servants pure as snow ! B 16
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… 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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…ce softly sighed The SAVIOUR’S grace Who came And for our sins was crucified Upon the cross of shame ! O chant in cadence whispering The HOLY GHOST that poured On Mary’s bosom soft as spring The unction of the LORD ! In silence let our hearts adore The Mother-maid Divine, And all our vows like swallows soar To Her celestial shrine ! Amen. O 26
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…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