 | Poems by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman |  |
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Hymn to the Virgin.
Translation.
Thou, O Virgin of the virgins,Star and flower of the sea!
Bearing up the Lamp of men,—
Shrine of purity!
Mary, fountain of remission,
Fountain sweet of honey-dew,
Fountain of forgiving mercy;
Mingler and dispenser, too,
Of delightful sweetness!
Gate of splendour's king;
In all excellence of beauty
Stars out-glorying!
At the summit of the poles,
Crowned, thou art reigning.
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