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 Adam ate the fruit and died:

But the curse that did betide

All his sons is turned aside

By the Virgin Mary.

For the Word becometh Flesh

By the Virgin Mary.

Noe shut the Ark of old,

When the Flood came, as is told:

Us its doors to-day enfold

By the Virgin Mary.

For the Word becometh Flesh

By the Virgin Mary.

Every creature of the plain

Owned the guileful serpent's reign:

He this happy day is slain

By the Virgin Mary.

For the Word becometh Flesh

By the Virgin Mary.

'Twas the Star the Sun that bore,

Which Salvation should restore;

But pollution ne'er the more

Touched the Virgin Mary.

For the Word becometh Flesh

By the Virgin Mary.