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O sanctissima, o purissima ! Dulcis Virgo Maria, Mater amata, intemerata, Ora, ora pro nobis. Sicilian Mariner's Hymn.

the deep hour of dreams, Through the dark woods, and past the moaning sea, And by the star-light gleams, Mother of Sorrows! lo, I come to thee.

Unto thy shrine I bear Night-blowing flowers, like my own heart, to lie All, all unfolded there, Beneath the meekness of thy pitying eye.