O GLORIOUS MAID, EXALTED FAR

 A HYMN FOR THE FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION

From the Sarum Breviary

 

1 O glorious Maid, exalted far

Beyond the light of burning star,

From him who made thee thou hast won

Grace to be Mother of his Son.

2 That which was lost in hapless Eve

Thy holy offspring did retrieve:

Thy tear-worn sons of Adam's race

Through thee have seen the heavenly place.

 

3 Thou wast the gate of heaven's high Lord,

The door through which the light hath poured.

Christians rejoice, for through a Maid

To all mankind is life conveyed.

4 O Jesu, Virgin-born, to thee

Eternal praise and glory be,

Whom with the Father we adore

And Holy Spirit, evermore. Amen.