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Show Mary. Mother: whose virgin bosom was uncrossed un-crossed With the least shade of thought to stn allied: Woman: above all women glorified. Our tainted nature's solitary boast: Purer than foam on central ocean tos:. Brighter than eastern skies at day- " break strewn With fancied roses, than the unblemished unblem-ished moon Before her wane begins, .on .: heaven"? blue-'coa-str " ' ' '" Thy image falls to earth. Ye some, I ween. Not unforgiven. the suppliant knee might bend As to a visible power, in which did blend All that was mixed and reconciled in thee Of mother's love with maiden purity. Of high with low, celestial with serene. Wodsworth. |