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 “Wondrous title—who shall tell it—whilst the Word divine she bore, Though in mother's name rejoicing, virgin purer than before!

“By a women's disobedience, eating the forbidden tree, Was the world betray’d and ruin’d—was by woman’s aid set free.

“In mysterious mode a mother, Mary did her God conceive, By whose grace, through saving waters, men did heav’nly truth receive.

“By no empty dreams deluded, for the pearl which Mary bore, Men, all earthly wealth resigning still are rich for evermore.

“For her Son a seamless tunic Mary’s careful hand did weave; O’er that tunic ﬁercely gambling, sinners Mary’s heart did grieve.

“Clad in helmet of salvation—clad in breast-plate shining bright— May the hand of Mary guide us to the realms of endless light.

“Amen, amen, loudly cry we—may she when the ﬁght is won, O’er avenging ﬁres triumphing, lead us safely to her Son.

“Holy angels gathering round us, lo, His saving name we greet, Writ in books of life eternal, may we still that name repeat!”

