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ORA PRO ME, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ave maria! Bright and pure
Last Line: Ora pro me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary
Subject(s): Death; Fear; Hearts; Mary And Martha (bible); Soul; Women In The Bible; Dead, The


AVE MARIA! bright and pure,
Hear, O hear me when I pray!
Pains and pleasures try the pilgrim
On his long and weary way;
Fears and perils are around me,
Ora pro me.

Mary, see my heart is burdened,
Take, O take the weight away,
Or help me, that I may not murmur
If it is a cross you lay
On my weak and trembling heart, -- but
Ora pro me.

Mary, Mary, Queen of Heaven!
Teach, O teach me to obey:
Lead me on, though fierce temptations
Stand and meet me in the way;
When I fall and faint, my mother,
Ora pro me.

Then shall I -- if thou, O Mary,
Art my strong support and stay --
Fear nor feel the threefold danger
Standing forth in dread array;
Now and ever shield and guard me,
Ora pro me.

When my eyes are slowly closing,
And I fade from earth away,
And when Death, the stern destroyer,
Claims my body as his prey, --
Claim my soul, and then, sweet Mary,
Ora pro me.





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