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 And in  death's  hour,  that  both be there,

To help  me  on  the  way!

Hail Mary.

Jesus, in  agony  thou  didst  cry

With piercing  voice,  O Father, why

Hast thou  forsaken  me?

To me,  O Lord,  be  ever  nigh,

Lest, tempted  in  death’s struggle, I

Perchance should  vanquish’d be!

Hail Mary.

Jesu, thy  burning  thirst  they think

To mock,  by  giving  thee  to drink

What might  inflame  thy pain;

Can I forget  that  bitter draught,

Which for  my  sins  my  Saviour quaff’d,

Nor fleshly  lusts  restrain?

Hail Mary.

Jesu, Redeemer,  all  the  price

Of Adam’s  sin,  thy  Sacrifice

Hath more  than  fully  paid;

Thy law  into  my  heart  instil,

So be  thy  precepts  and  thy will

By force  of  love  obey’d!

Hail Mary.

Jesu, thy  Soul,  ere  freed  its bands,

Thou gavest  to  thy  Father’s hands,

The dark  sun  mourn’d  its loss;

Let me,  too,  at  my  hour  of death,

With joy  yield  up  to  thee  my breath,

Redeem’d by  thy  dear Cross!

Hail Mary.

Jesu, because  of  all  our  guilt

Thy guiltless  Blood  to  death is spilt.

Our pardon  thus  to  win;

Oh, by  thy  Blood  to  save  me shed,

May I not  by  the  flesh  be  led,

To die  the  death  of  sin!

Our Father.

Jesu, what  time  was  pierced thy Side,

There issued  forth  a twofold tide

Of love  without  alloy;

The Saviour’s  fountains  open fly,

And, guilty,  shall  not  we  apply

To draw  its  streams  with joy?

Hail Mary.

Jesu, thy  Passion’s  bitter smart

Pierced like  a sword  thy  Mother’s heart,

As Simeon  prophesied;

My heart  so  fasten  to  the Cross,