Sancta Maria

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Sancta Maria! turn thine eyes -

Upon the sinner's sacrifice,

Of fervent prayer and humble love,

From thy holy throne above.

At morn - at noon - at twilight dim -

Maria! thou hast heard my hymn!

In joy and wo - 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!

Edgar Allan PoeWhere stories live. Discover now