Poetry · Hymn

Hymn

At morn⁠—at noon⁠—at twilight dim⁠—

Maria! thou hast heard my hymn!

In joy and woe⁠—in good and ill⁠—

Mother of God, be with me still!

When the Hours flew brightly by,

And not a cloud obscured the sky,

My soul, lest it should truant be,

Thy grace did guide to thine and thee;

Now, when storms of Fate o’ercast

Darkly my Present and my Past,

Let my Future radiant shine

With sweet hopes of thee and thine!