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Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array?
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Hail, thou Star of ocean!
Portal of the sky!
Ever Virgin Mother
Of the Lord Most High!
Oh! by Gabriel's Ave,
Utter'd long ago,
Eva's name reversing,
Establish peace below.
Break the captives' fetters;
Light on blindness pour;
All our ills expelling,
Every bliss implore.
Show thyself a Mother;
Offer Him our sighs,
Who for us Incarnate
Did not thee despise.
Virgin of all virgins!
To thy shelter take us:
Gentlest of the gentle!
Chaste and gentle make us.
Still, as on we journey,
Help our weak endeavour,
Till with thee and Jesus
We rejoice forever.
Through the highest heaven,
To the Almighty Three,
Father, Son, and Spirit,
One same glory be. Amen.
Portal of the sky!
Ever Virgin Mother
Of the Lord Most High!
Oh! by Gabriel's Ave,
Utter'd long ago,
Eva's name reversing,
Establish peace below.
Break the captives' fetters;
Light on blindness pour;
All our ills expelling,
Every bliss implore.
Show thyself a Mother;
Offer Him our sighs,
Who for us Incarnate
Did not thee despise.
Virgin of all virgins!
To thy shelter take us:
Gentlest of the gentle!
Chaste and gentle make us.
Still, as on we journey,
Help our weak endeavour,
Till with thee and Jesus
We rejoice forever.
Through the highest heaven,
To the Almighty Three,
Father, Son, and Spirit,
One same glory be. Amen.
