Ave Maria! Maiden mild,
Ah, listen to a maiden's prayer;
For Thou canst hear amid the wild,
'Tis Thou, 'tis Thou canst save amid despair.
Ave Maria! Undefil'd!
The flinty couch whereon we're sleeping
Shall seem with down of eider pil'd,
If Thou above sweet watch art keeping.
The murky cavern's air so heavy
Shall breathe of balm, if Thou hast smil'd;
O Maiden, hear a maiden pleading,
O Mother, hear a suppliant child!
Ave Maria!
We slumber safely till the morrow,
Tho'e'on by men outcast, revil'd;
Oh Maiden, see a maiden's sorrow,
Oh Mother, hear suppliant child!
Ave Maria!
Ave Maria! Maiden mild
