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At morn — at noon — at twilight dim —
Maria! thou hast heard my hymn!
In joy and wo — in good and ill —
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Mother of God, be with me still! [page 79:]
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When the Hours flew brightly by,
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And not a cloud obscured the sky,
My soul, lest it should truant be,
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Thy grace did guide to thine and thee;
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Now, when storms of Fate o’ercast
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Darkly my Present and my Past,
Let my Future radiant shine
With sweet hopes of thee and thine!
(1835)
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Title Catholic Hymn (B. J., 1845); without title in S. L. M., B. G. M., and Tales [(1840], being there incorporated in the story Morella.
1 S.L.M. prefixes the following lines:
Sancta Maria! turn thine eyes
Upon the sinner's sacrifice
Of fervent prayer, and humble love,
From thy holy throne above.
B. G. M. and Tales [1840] make a similar addition, but read a for the in the second line.
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5 the: my (S. L. M., B. G. M., Tales [1840]); brightly: gently (S. L. M., B. G. M., Tales [1840]).
6 And no storms were in the sky (S. L. M., B. G. M., Tales [1840]).
8 grace: love (S. L. M., B. G. M., Tales [1840]).
9 storms: clouds (S. L. M., B. G. M., Tales [1840]).
10 Darkly: All (S. L. M., B. G. M., Tales [1840]).
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - KCP, 1917] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Hymn (ed. K. Campbell, 1917)