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PRAY FOR ME, MOTHER OF GOD!
Pray for me, Mother of God! To you I cry.
Pray for me, Mother, now and the hour I die.
Pray for me, Mother, now and the hour I die.
O if too weak to call on your darling name
When the now and the hour of my death are one and the same,
When the now and the hour of my death are one and the same,
Failing of tongue, as failing of eye and of ear,
Still on the beat of my heart my Mother shall hear
Still on the beat of my heart my Mother shall hear
Sweetest of names e'er given to the earth save One,
Mother of mine, your name with the name of your Son.
Mother of mine, your name with the name of your Son.
Jesus! Mary! O dearest and loveliest!
His name on yours, as erst His head on your breast.
His name on yours, as erst His head on your breast.
Pray for me, Mother,—Oh, pray for me now, I cry!
God only knows if it be this hour I die.
God only knows if it be this hour I die.
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