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 "Hail, Mary, Queen of Heaven!" Let us repeat, And place our snowdrop wreath Here at her feet.

OUR DAILY BREAD

Give us our daily Bread, O God, the bread of strength! For we have learnt to know How weak we are at length. As children we are weak, As children must be fed;— Give us Thy Grace, O Lord, To be our daily Bread.

Give us our daily Bread:— The bitter bread of grief. We sought earth's poisoned feasts For pleasure and relief; We sought her deadly fruits, But now, O God, instead, We ask thy healing grief To be our daily Bread.

Give us our daily Bread To cheer our fainting soul; The feast of comfort, Lord, And peace, to make us whole: