EVENING SIGH from Alpnachstad, Switzerland

THOU Guide of virgin-hosts,

Fair Mother of the Lord,

Who gavest back what Adam lost,

Earth's Hope and heaven's Reward.

Thou Lily 'mid the thorns,

Thou snowy-plumed Dove,

Thou budding Rod that God adorns

With healing fuit of love.

Thou unassailed Tower,

Thou Star that breakest night,

From evil shield us by thy power,

And lead us by thy light.

The shades of sin dispel,

The hidden snares remove

And midst the ocean's surging swell,

A saving pathway prove.

Be praise and honor meet

To Jesus, Virgin-born,

To Father and to Paraclete,

Throughout the endless morn. 

V.  Pray for us, Queen of the heavens.

R.  That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Hail Mary . . . 

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