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When shall lone spirits
 * Sorrow no more?

When shall our aching eyes
 * Gaze on the shore?

Oh, for the twilight
 * To break through the gloom!

Oh, for the rest
 * Of our only true home!

Stay, mourner, stay thy fears,
 * Joy shall dry up thy tears,
 * Respice Stellam,
 * Voca Mariam.

Gentle and beautiful
 * Beaming above,

Shines out all brightly,
 * The fair star of love.

Rest of the weary,
 * Hope mid the night,

Guiding the lonely
 * In its soft light.

Yes, mid the darkest night,
 * That star still shineth bright;
 * Respice Stellam,
 * Voca Mariam.




 * O Sacred Heart!
 * Our home lies deep in Thee,

On earth Thou art an exile’s rest, In heaven the glory of the blest,
 * O Sacred Heart.

