When they lower’d the dust again.
’Tis hush’d at last the tomb above—
Hymns die, and steps depart:
Who call’d thee strong as Death, O Love?
Mightier thou wast and art.
ITALIAN GIRL’S HYMN TO THE VIRGIN.
“O sanctissima, O purissima!
Dulcis Virgo Maria!
Mater amata, intemerata,
Ora, ora pro nobis.” Sicilian Mariner’s Hymn.