Fair shrine where the Trinity, loves to dwell,
Hail, garden of pleasure, celestial balm,
Cedar of chastity, martyrdom’s palm!
You, land set apart from uses profane,
And free from the curse which in Adam began!
You, city of God, you gate of the east,
In you is all grace, O joy of the blessed!
V. As the lily among thorns,
R. So is my beloved among the daughters of Adam.
Repeat---verses and prayer: O Lady, hear my prayer….Glory be….
Hymn: Hail city of refuge, hail David’s high tower,
With battlements crowned, and girded with power!
Filled at your conception with love and with light,
The dragon by you was shorn of his might.
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As David was nursed in fair Abisag’s breast,
As the Savior of Egypt upon Rachel’s knee:
So the world’s great Redeemer was cherished by thee.
V. You are all fair, my beloved.
R. And the original stain was never in you.
Repeat---verses and prayer: O Lady, hear my prayer….Glory be….
Hymn: Hail, dial of Achas! On you the true sun
Told backward the course which from old he had run,
And that man might be raised, submitting to shame,
A little more low than the Angels became.
Doest shine as the morn on the confines of light:
As the moon on the lost through obscurity dawns:
The serpent’s destroyer! A lily amid thorns!
V. I made an unfailing light to arise in heaven.
R. And as a mist I overspread the whole earth.
Repeat---verses and prayer: O Lady, hear my prayer….Glory be….
Hymn:Hail, Mother most pure; Hail Virgin renowned
Hail, Queen with the stars as a diadem crowned!
Above all the angels, in glory untold,
Standing next to the King in a vesture of gold!
O hope of the guilty, O light of the grave!
Through you may we come to the haven of rest!
And see Heaven’s King in the courts of the blest. Amen
V. Your name, O Mary is as oil poured out.
R. Your servants have loved you exceedingly.
Repeat---verses and prayer: O lady, hear my prayer….Glory be….
Hymn: These praises and prayers I lay at your feet,
O Virgin of virgins, O Mary, most sweet!
Be you our true guide through this pilgrimage here;
And stand by my side when death draws near.