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...