oh thou that bowest
thy ecstatic face
thy perfect sorrows
are the world's to keep
wherefore onto
thy knee
come we
with a prayer
oh thou that bowest
thy ecstatic face
thy perfect sorrows
are the world's to keep
wherefore onto
thy knee
come we
with a prayer
† mother heroic †
† mother glorious †
beholding in thy eye
immortal tears
oh thou that bowest
thy ecstatic face
oh...