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O MARIA. HYMN OF LORETTO.
Here thy sacred house thou broughtest,
Holy Mother, when thou soughtest
To dispense thy heavenly grace.
Nazareth thy birth illuméd,
But Tersanctum thee assuméd
Seeking for a resting place.
Here thy house no more resideth,
But thy presence still abideth,
Queen of heavenly mercy fair.
O! may grateful love possess us,
That thou still dost deign to bless us
With thy fond maternal care.
PROSE ON THE CONCEPTION OF OUR LADYE,
PROBABLY BY ADAM DE S. VICTOR.
Festal honours crown the morning,
The Conception for adorning
Of the blesséd Queen of Heaven.
Virgin Mother she's created,
And conceived and generated,
Vein of grace to man forgiven.
retto I feel sure that the faithful will gain much injoyment and much sound teaching.
