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XXXV. MATER ADMIRABILIS.
O Mother-maid! to none save thee
Belongs in full a Parent's name;
So fruitful thy Virginity,
Thy Motherhood so pure from blame!
Belongs in full a Parent's name;
So fruitful thy Virginity,
Thy Motherhood so pure from blame!
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All other parents, what are they?
Thy types! In them thou stood'st rehearsed
As they in bird, and bud, and spray.
Thine Antitype? The Eternal First!
Thy types! In them thou stood'st rehearsed
As they in bird, and bud, and spray.
Thine Antitype? The Eternal First!
Prime Parent He: and next Him thou!
O'ershadowed by the Father's Might
Thy ‘Fiat’ was thy bridal vow:
Thine offspring He, the ‘Light from Light.’
O'ershadowed by the Father's Might
Thy ‘Fiat’ was thy bridal vow:
Thine offspring He, the ‘Light from Light.’
Her Son Thou wert: her Son Thou art
O Christ! Her substance fed Thy growth:
Alone, she shaped Thee in her heart—
Thy Mother and Thy Father both.
O Christ! Her substance fed Thy growth:
Alone, she shaped Thee in her heart—
Thy Mother and Thy Father both.
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