Mater, Ora Filium

Mater, ora filium,
Ut post hoc exilium
Nobis donet gaudium
Beatorum omnium

"Who this Babe, O! Maiden fair,
Thou within thine arm dost bear?"
"'T is a King's Son, mark Him well,
Who in highest Heaven doth dwell!"
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"Man for Father had He none,
Save Himself, Yea, God alone,
Fain to save Mankind forlorn
Of a maiden was He born."
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"Kings their homage free have told,
Frankincense, and myrrh, and gold,
To my Son, of aweful Might,
King of Heaven, and Lord of Light."
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"Maiden, do thou pray for us
To thy gentle Son Jesus,
That He grant us of His grace
In His Heaven to find a place!
Mater, ora filium," —