A CHILD'S HYMN TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN.
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Virgin Mother. meek and mild,
Take, O take me for thy child;
All my life, O let it be
My best joy to think of thee.
When my eyes are closed in sleep,
Through the night my slumbers keep,
Make my latest thoughts to be
How to love thy Son and thee.
Teach me when the sunbeam bright
Calls me with its golden light,
How my waking thoughts may be
Turn’d to Jesus and to thee.
And, O teach me through the day
Oft to raise my heart and say,
“Maiden Mother, meek and mild,
Guard, O guard thy little child!”
Thus, sweet Mother, day and night
Thou shalt guide my steps aright;
And my dying words shall be
“Virgin mother, pray for me!”
HYMN TO ST. PATRICK.
Hail, glorious St. Patrick, dear Saint of our isle!
On us, thy poor children, bestow a sweet smile;
And now thou art high in the mansions above,
On Erin’s green valleys look down in thy love.
In the war against sin, in the fight for the faith,
Dear saint, may thy children resist to the death;
May their strength be in meekness, in penance and prayer,
Their banner the Cross, which they glory to bear.
