THE GOD WHOM EARTH AND SEA AND SKY

The God whom earth and sea and sky
Adore and praise and magnify,
Whose might they own, whose praise they tell,
In Mary's body deigned to dwell.

O Mother blest, the chosen shrine
Where in the Architect divine,
Whose hand contains the earth and sky,
Vouchsafed in hidden guide to lie.

Blest in the message Gabriel brought;
Blest in the work the Spirit wrought;
More blest, to bring to human birth
The long desired of all the earth.

O Lord, the virgin born, to thee
Eternal praise and glory be,
Whom with the Father we adore
And Holy Spirit evermore.