Poems (King)/Salve Regina
Salve Regina
LADY of Mercy, Mother-Maid serene,
All hail, thrice holy Queen!
Our life, our sweetness, and our hope thou art,
Our very heart of heart.
To thee we, banished children, yearning, cry
With mourning and with sigh,
The while we linger, through the lonely years,
In this poor vale of tears.
O gentle, gracious Lady, on us turn
Thine eyes where love doth burn,
And when at last, life's exile sad is o'er,
Oh, show us, we implore,
Jesus, thy Son, who once this dark earth trod,
Our King benign, our God!
All hail, thrice holy Queen!
Our life, our sweetness, and our hope thou art,
Our very heart of heart.
To thee we, banished children, yearning, cry
With mourning and with sigh,
The while we linger, through the lonely years,
In this poor vale of tears.
O gentle, gracious Lady, on us turn
Thine eyes where love doth burn,
And when at last, life's exile sad is o'er,
Oh, show us, we implore,
Jesus, thy Son, who once this dark earth trod,
Our King benign, our God!