Mary! Gentle mistress mine!
I humbly kneel before you;
All my heart and soul are thine.
And:
Oh, Mary! Secret fountain,
Closed garden of delight,
The Prince of Heaven mirrors
Him in thy beauty bright.
But after describing all the joys of heaven, Brother Hans comes to the conclusion that a man knows about as much of celestial matters as an ox knows of discant singing.
His relationship to Mary is tender, intimate and familiar: