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SPES ET FIDES
Star of the ocean, at whose shrine
I seek with glad heart the divine
Sweet grace God grants to us who live,
Pray Him to heal us and forgive.
I seek with glad heart the divine
Sweet grace God grants to us who live,
Pray Him to heal us and forgive.
Lo! ruined now my roses lie,
My orchids fade and fall and die.
Alone the lilies live nor fade
That I before thy feet have laid.
My orchids fade and fall and die.
Alone the lilies live nor fade
That I before thy feet have laid.
Our Lady, through the paths of sin
No rest or joy was ours to win.
Regret and grief and bitterer tears
Pursued us through the ashen years.
No rest or joy was ours to win.
Regret and grief and bitterer tears
Pursued us through the ashen years.
As over that grey sleeping sea
Thy face from heaven once shined on me,
And turned the footsteps of my life,
Guiding my soul to peace from strife,
Thy face from heaven once shined on me,
And turned the footsteps of my life,
Guiding my soul to peace from strife,
So ever in my heart do thou
Reign, Mother, as thou reignest now,
And light my pathway from above,
O Queen of Heaven, O Star of Love!
Reign, Mother, as thou reignest now,
And light my pathway from above,
O Queen of Heaven, O Star of Love!
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