MARY, Mother of our GOD,<br />
Hear our faint ecstatic prayer!<br />
Kindle Spirit in the clod!<br />
Kindle hope in our despair!<br />
Be His saving mercy spilt<br />
Like a fountain on our sin!<br />
Match His Godhead with our guilt!<br />
Light the love of GOD within!<br />
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O majestic! O Divine!<br />
O most merciful and pure!<br />
Let our spirits at Thy shrine<br />
Humbled, gladden and endure!<br />
Help the weakness of our sight<br />
Blind before Thy radiant face!<br />
Bring us to Thy full delight<br />
By the ardour of Thy grace!<br />
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Darkling doors and dangerous<br />
In the ways of life and death:-<br />
Cleanse us! help us! succour us<br />
By the beatific breath!<br />
Till the fullness of Thy light<br />
Shine upon the untrodden way,<br />
Drown this dull, deceitful night<br />
In Thy sempiternal day!<br />
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Amen.<br />
<br />
ALEISTER CROWLEY