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AVE MARIS STELLA
Star of the sea, be thou my star
Here or on wilder seas afar;
Point out my way, O favouring guide,
Between fierce winds and waters wide.
Here or on wilder seas afar;
Point out my way, O favouring guide,
Between fierce winds and waters wide.
Thee has the sailor from his prow
Hailed often as I hail thee now;
As thou hast guided him, guide me
Across a stranger, bitterer sea.
Hailed often as I hail thee now;
As thou hast guided him, guide me
Across a stranger, bitterer sea.
He, giving thanks to God, has praised
Thy beam when, like a curtain raised,
The night his worn eyes vainly scanned
Lifted and dawn gave sight of land.
Thy beam when, like a curtain raised,
The night his worn eyes vainly scanned
Lifted and dawn gave sight of land.
O favour thou my shifting helm,
Lest leaping rollers overwhelm
My bark, that made of mortal breath
Puts out across the sea of Death.
Lest leaping rollers overwhelm
My bark, that made of mortal breath
Puts out across the sea of Death.
Save thee I have no light, no star:
The winds of sorrow howl, and far
The furious breakers leap and fight
Beneath impenetrable night.
The winds of sorrow howl, and far
The furious breakers leap and fight
Beneath impenetrable night.
Alone thou shinest forth to show
The hope of dreams man may not know:
O heavenly star, guide even me
To haven and home beyond the sea!
The hope of dreams man may not know:
O heavenly star, guide even me
To haven and home beyond the sea!
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