Ave Maria Maiden mild

O listen to a maiden′s prayer

For thou can't see amid the wild

Tis thou, tis thou can′t save amid despair

We slumber safely 'til the morrow

Tho' we, by men, outcast, reviled

O maiden see a maiden′s sorrow

O mother, hear a suppliant child

Ave Maria

Ave Maria Undefiled

The flinty couch whereon we′re sleeping

Shall seem with down of eider piled

If thou above, sweet, watch our keeping

The murky cavern's air′s so heavy

Shall breathe of balm if thou hast smiled

O maiden hear a maiden's 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