Ave Maria; Or, The Poetic Beauties of the Angelic Salutation

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J. Murphy & Company, 1849 - 75 pages
 

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Page 26 - How shall this be done, because I know not man? And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,* and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.
Page 26 - And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His Name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David. And He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of His kingdom there shall be no end.
Page 27 - And Mary said : Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it done to me according to thy word
Page 20 - I have brought forth a pleasant odour : and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches. (I am the mother of fair love and of fear and of knowledge and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.5) Come over to me all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits.
Page 23 - Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Page 26 - He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God shall give...
Page 72 - Who pitying hear'st the seaman's cry ! The God of mercy as a child On that chaste bosom loves to lie ; While soft the chorus of the sky Their hymns of tender mercy sing, And angel voices name on high The mother of the heavenly King. Ave...
Page 71 - And raise their weeping eyes to thee, The star of Ocean heeds their cry. And saves the foundering bark at sea.
Page 21 - In me is all grace of the way, and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits ; for my spirit is sweet above honey and my inheritance above honey and the honey- comb.
Page 72 - O'er all that to the depths go down, With hymns of grateful transport own, When clouds obscure all other light, And heaven assumes an awful frown, The star of ocean glitters bright. Ave Maris Stella ! Star of the deep ! when angel lyres To hymn thy holy name essay, In...

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