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 Again the prime estate Of man is renovate, And all the elder worth renewed in her immaculate; Virgin and spouse of Him Who breathes the virtue of the Seraphim, Virgin and mother of the Eternal Son, Daughter, Virgin, Spouse in one! The spotless mate of spotless Dove, The one great miracle of God's love, From all eternity the chosen bride, Save only her none, none Exempt from sin's dominion; Save only her of Adam's race Or heavenly line, none full of grace; On her alone, on her alone The torrent of His love poured down The deep abundance of its flood Into the pure channels of her maidenhood, The fleckless mirror of her grace Reflecting all the beauty of His Face.

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She looks with human eyes Into the eyes of Paradise; Upon her virgin breast the Babe Divine Gazes again into her eyne; O vanity of words to tell The wonder of that spell, The ravishment of bliss Upwelling from the deep abyss Of Love incarnate gazing in the eyes Of his terrestrial paradise! See Heaven within her arms,