To judgment I, with all my incompleteness—

But thou, make intercession by thy sweetness,

O Mystic Rose!

Be near to soothe and save me by the sweetness,

O Mystic Rose!

THE POOR MAN’S DAILY BREAD

By Denis A. McCarthy

Not only there where jewelled vestments blaze,

And princely prelates bow before Thy shrine,

Where myriads line the swept and garnished ways