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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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AMPHORA I O flower have I. O Queen, receive This sere and sodden leaf ! O Mary maiden, I believe ! Help Thou mine unbelief ! No sails have I. The tempests reave My wreck on Error’s reef. O Mary maiden, I believe ! Help Thou mine unbelief ! No wheat have I. O Queen, receive This coarse and oaten sheaf ! O Mary maiden, I believe ! Help Thou mine unbelief ! No lands have I. Do Thou retrieve My soul, the forfeit fief ! O Mary maiden, I believe ! Help Thou mine unbelief ! No joy have I. My follies grieve Me with exceeding grief. O Mary maiden, I bel…
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AMPHORA IV Pro Gentibus N the choir’s delicious dim Fragrance let us lift the hymn Fiery as the Seraphim— Ave, blessed Mary ! Send the sweet and solemn strain Through the far enchanted fane, Till the skies ring back again Ave, blessed Mary ! Purest lips of grace and youth Invocate Thy royal ruth, Conjure by the Word of Truth— Ave, blessed Mary ! Maiden bodies vowed to Thee, Souls of stainless chastity, Cry Thy worship ardently— Ave, blessed Mary ! I 68
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AMPHORA As from heaven the lightnings hurled Let our song be lashed and curled Round the shoulders of the world ! Ave, blessed Mary ! Let the joys thereof assuage 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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… 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 of de…
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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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AMPHORA IV Vigil HE race of day is duly run, And men, the children of the sun, Turn them to sleep ; but I awake For Mary’s sake—for Mary’s sake. And while these eyes outwatch the stars My soul runs through the golden bars. O clusters that with warp and woof Make up Fate’s web, I stand aloof. The child of Mary stands apart Both from the terror and the dart. No fear, no evil can engage The knight of Mary’s pilgrimage. So in this still and solemn hour Of vigil we proclaim Thy power. Thy benediction, like a balm, Unite our ardour with our calm, And…
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AMPHORA I HE worlds were drunken as with wine When, shimmering from the throne divine, The soul of Mary fixed its ray Within the meek and maiden clay. The stars in mightier music rolled ; The sun achieved a gladder gold ; The moon less pure acclaimed the morn ; —Mary immaculate is born. Rejoice, O children of the earth, At your salvation brought to birth ! This is the perfect period. Mary is born that shall bear GOD. Amen. T 3
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…k, O my soul, thy veridical home In the palace of GOD where the work as the will is ! There are wonderful lilies afloat in the foam, And Mary is throned in the midst of the lilies. Go seek, O my soul, in the sorrowful sea, The Cross where GOD’S agony culminates, closes ! The roses are heaped till they cover the tree, And Mary is throned in the midst of the roses. Go take, O my soul, thy poor heart that has bled To pallor and death for thine evil behaviour ! The heart of the SAVIOUR redeems it to red, And Mary is throned in the heart of the SAVI…
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…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 need :— All greet Thee with th…
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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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…l about the way ; Strange 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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…RA VI IFT up, mine heart ! Lift up, mine heart ! The autumn leaves of earth depart Before the buds in heaven that bloomed To greet Thee, Mary maid, assumed. All earth and heaven compose Thy throne ; All saints and maids and martyrs own The joyous gift of GOD to Thee, And Angels quire Thy sanctity. Abase, my head, to this Divine Decree, and worship Mary’s shrine Wherefrom the healing springs upstart :— Lift up, mine heart ! Lift up, mine heart ! Amen. L 30
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…own 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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…uitive influence Steal like the whisper of young rains Upon thy bleak and barren plains. By many a mental martyrdom Our sterile souls to Mary come. Who passeth through the surge and fire At last shall win to his desire. Thy grace for us sufficient still To smite the arbiters of ill Shall grant the exceeding great reward To look by Thee upon the LORD. Be still, my soul, whate’er assail ! Through Mary they shall not prevail ; And thou resigned in peace await Her peace at Her appointed date. Amen. B 47
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…head Within Her melancholy 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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AMPHORA No CHRIST have I, save Thou achieve This miracle-in-chief ! O Mary maiden, I believe ! Help Thou mine unbelief ! Amen. 24
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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
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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
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AMPHORA VII In Time of Trouble QUEEN, deliver me from the infernal kings ! O shield me in your span, ye everlasting wings ! I kneel at Mary’s shrine ; the incense fumes ascend To bring my spirit through to GOD’S appointed end. Though in the valley of the shade of death I be, I fear not ; for Thy rod and staff they comfort me. I imprecate the aid of Mary, Mother mild ! The asp and dragon bow before Her Holy Child. The heathen did uprise ; the folk of fear and doubt. Great bulls of Bashan did encompass me about. The lions roared for prey ; the ea…