Set foot upon her native plain;

Knelt on the pier with modest grace,

And turned to heaven her beauteous face.

’Twas then the caps in air were blended,

A thousand thousand shouts ascended,

Shivered the breeze around the throng,

Gray barrier cliffs the peals prolong;

And every tongue gave thanks to heaven,

That Mary to their hopes was given.

Her comely form and graceful mien