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SONGS OF THE AFFECTIONS.
ITALIAN GIRL'S HYMN TO THE VIRGIN.
O sanctissima, o purissima !
Dulcis Virgo Maria,
Mater amata, intemerata,
Ora, ora pro nobis.
Sicilian Mariner's Hymn.
In the deep hour of dreams,
Through the dark woods, and past the moaning sea,
And by the star-light gleams,
Mother of Sorrows! lo, I come to thee.
Unto thy shrine I bear
Night-blowing flowers, like my own heart, to lie
All, all unfolded there,
Beneath the meekness of thy pitying eye.
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