The LORD is with thee, blessed Maid,

The LORD shall be thy CHILD, Behold Thy handmaid, Mary said,

To bear the UNDEFILED. And all shall hail the joy for thee, Praise FATHER,& c.

What joy to Mary, Mother- Maid, Beneath o'er- shadowing GoD; All joy, for while she knelt and prayed, CHRIST came to her abode? And all shall hail the joy for thee, Praise FATHER,& c.

What joy and mystery, Mary, Maid, Touched thee with mingled smart, When in the Temple Simeon said,

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A sword shall pierce thy heart: And all shall watch that mystery, Praise FATHER,& c.

What grief of Heaven, O Mary, Maid, To see Thy SON despised

More than thyself, when scoffers said Their taunts, all undisguised;

And yet that sorrow brings our joy. Praise FATHER,& c.

How Angels watched thee, Mary, Maid, And soothed thee in thy loss! And Gabriel, not in light arrayed, Yet near thee at the Cross: And all shall hail that mystery! Praise FATHER,& c.

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