The poetical works of James Montgomery | ||
TO MARY.
Mary!—it is a lovely name,
Thrice hallow'd in the rolls of fame,
Not for the blazonry of birth,
Nor honours springing from the earth,
But what evangelists have told
Of three, who bare that name of old:
—Mary, the mother of our Lord;
Mary, who sate to hear his word;
And Mary Magdalen, to whom
Christ came, while weeping o'er his tomb:
These to that humble name supply
A glory which can never die.
Thrice hallow'd in the rolls of fame,
Not for the blazonry of birth,
Nor honours springing from the earth,
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Of three, who bare that name of old:
—Mary, the mother of our Lord;
Mary, who sate to hear his word;
And Mary Magdalen, to whom
Christ came, while weeping o'er his tomb:
These to that humble name supply
A glory which can never die.
Mary! my prayer for you shall be,—
May you resemble all the three
In faith, and hope, and charity.
May you resemble all the three
In faith, and hope, and charity.
The poetical works of James Montgomery | ||