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 * Worship on their knees
 * Sacred Images,
 * And all Saints above,
 * The Madonna, mystic Rose of love.


 * Mystic Rose of Maiden Motherhood,

Moon of Hearts immaculately mild,
 * Beaming o'er the turbulent times and rude

With the promise of her blessed Child:
 * Whom pale Monks adore,
 * Pining evermore
 * For the heaven of love
 * Which their homesick lives are dying of.


 * But the flame of mystical desires

Turns to fury fiercer than a leopard's,
 * Holy fagots blaze with kindling fires

As the priests, the people's careful shepherds,
 * In Heaven's awful name,
 * Set the pile on flame