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1908 · PDF PAGE 53

Amphora

…our 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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1908 · PDF PAGE 45

Amphora

AMPHORA XII NDER the shade of flowering trees We kneel (Thine ardent devotees) And in Thy mercy find our ease. Beside the pleasant streams we move, Our thoughts concentrated on the above, And find our joyance in Thy love. When Death’s cold stream runs black and chill, And yew and cypress haunt the hill, Be Thou our love and comfort still. Receive us (by Thy Motherhood) By deathless stream and fadeless wood In Thy celestial solitude. Amen. U 38

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1908 · PDF PAGE 78

Amphora

…lemn 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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1908 · PDF PAGE 11

Amphora

…ough 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 82

Amphora

…hrone, 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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1908 · PDF PAGE 83

Amphora

…e holy court ! Us, who wander in the maze Of the world’s deceitful ways, Bring to Thine assured assent By Thy mystic sacrament. Queen of Mercy, Queen of Might, Bring us to Thine ardent light ! We are weak and violent : By Thy mystic sacrament Bring us to Thy power and peace, To the passionless release ! Queen of Splendour, Queen of Love, Bring us to Thine House above, Where in love and splendour dwell All the saints that praise Thee well. Bring us to their great content By Thy mystic sacrament ! Amen. O 76

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1908 · PDF PAGE 25

Amphora

…ORA XIII ARY, Mother of our GOD, Hear our faint ecstatic prayer ! Kindle Spirit in the clod ! Kindle hope in our despair ! Be His saving mercy spilt Like a fountain on our sin ! Match His Godhead with our guilt ! Light the love of GOD within ! O majestic ! O Divine ! O most merciful and pure ! Let our spirits at Thy shrine Humbled, gladden and endure ! Help the weakness of our sight Blind before Thy radiant face ! Bring us to Thy full delight By the ardour of Thy grace ! Darkling doors and dangerous In the ways of life and death :— Cleanse us !…

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1908 · PDF PAGE 87

Amphora

…he clouds of India break In one wild gust upon the sand, And in one week of wonder wake The whole green gladness of the land ; So be Thy mercy on us poured, Thy beauty fill our aching brains ! Although it smite us as a sword And fill us with immortal pains ; Yet in its life our souls revive ; By virtue of Thee we endure. The end of endings must arrive, Madonna !—and the end is sure. Amen. V 80

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