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TO THE MOTHER, FOR THOSE WHO
ARE IN BONDS
Sweet Mary Mother, of thy charity,
Look down from heaven's high glory and joy to bless
The holy ones on whom doth sorely press
The mightiness of their desire to see
His lovely face who died to set them free.
Thou knowest they suffer sore for home-sickness;
For that dear sight they pine in deep distress,
In their own country they are fain to be.
Look down from heaven's high glory and joy to bless
The holy ones on whom doth sorely press
The mightiness of their desire to see
His lovely face who died to set them free.
Thou knowest they suffer sore for home-sickness;
For that dear sight they pine in deep distress,
In their own country they are fain to be.
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Pray for them, Mother, who know in such desire
Pain vaster far than earth's most heavy woe,
Because Love's fire transcends all other fire.
O Mother, pray for them that they may know,
These who in waiting and longing suffer so,
The call bidding His darlings come up higher.
Pain vaster far than earth's most heavy woe,
Because Love's fire transcends all other fire.
O Mother, pray for them that they may know,
These who in waiting and longing suffer so,
The call bidding His darlings come up higher.
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