NCH 381
Maiden Mother, meek and mild,
Hymn Text
Verse 1
Maiden Mother, meek and mild,
Take, oh, take me for thy child;
All my life, oh, let it be
My best Joy to think of thee,
Virgo Maria.
Take, oh, take me for thy child;
All my life, oh, let it be
My best Joy to think of thee,
Virgo Maria.
Verse 2
Teach me, when the sunbeam bright
Calls me with its golden light
How my waking thoughts may be
Turn'd to Jesus and to thee.
Virgo Maria!
Calls me with its golden light
How my waking thoughts may be
Turn'd to Jesus and to thee.
Virgo Maria!
Verse 3
Teach me also through the day
Oft to raise my heart and say:
"Maiden Mother, meek and mild,
Guard, oh, guard thy faithful child."
Virgo Maria!
Oft to raise my heart and say:
"Maiden Mother, meek and mild,
Guard, oh, guard thy faithful child."
Virgo Maria!
Verse 4
When my eyes are closed in sleep,
Through the night my slumbers keep;
Make my latest thought to be
How to love thy Son and thee.
Virgo Maria!
Through the night my slumbers keep;
Make my latest thought to be
How to love thy Son and thee.
Virgo Maria!
Verse 5
Thus, Sweet Mother, day and night,
Thou shalt guard my steps aright,
And my dying words shall be:
Virgin Mother, pray for me!"
Virgo Maria!
Thou shalt guard my steps aright,
And my dying words shall be:
Virgin Mother, pray for me!"
Virgo Maria!
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