Ave Maria maiden mild
O listen to a maidens prayer
For thou canst hear amid the wild
Tis thou tis thou canst save amid despair
We slumber safely 'till the morrow
Thou we by men outcast reviled
O maiden see a maidens sorrow
O mother hear a suppliant child
Ave Maria
Ave Maria undefiled
The flinty couch where on were sleeping
Shall seem with down of eider piled
If thou above sweet watch our keeping
The murky caverns airs so heavy
Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled
O maiden hear a maidens pleading
O mother hear a suppliant child
Ave Maria
Ave Maria stainless styled
O fiends of air and earth the essence
From this their wonted haunt exiled
Shall flee before thy holy presence
We bow beneath our care so laden
To thy dear guidance reconciled
Then hear o maiden simple maiden
And for a father hear a child
Ave Maria
