by Adelaide Anne Procter (1825 - 1864)
Ave Maria
Language: English
Ave Maria! bright and pure, Hear, oh hear me when I pray! Pains and pleasures try the pilgrim On his long and weary way; Fears and perils are around me, — Ora pro me. Mary; see my heart is burdened, Take, oh take the weight away, Or help me, that I may not murmur If it is a cross you lay On my weak and trembling heart — but Ora pro me. Mary, Mary, Queen of Heaven! Teach, oh! teach me to obey: Lead me on, though fierce temptations Stand and meet me in the way; When I fail and faint, my mother, Ora pro me. Then shall I — if thou, O Mary, Art my strong support and stay— Fear nor feel the threefold danger Standing forth in dread array; Now and ever shield and guard me, Ora pro me. When my eyes are slowly closing, And I fade from earth away, And when Death, the stern destroyer, Claims my body as his prey — Claim my soul and then, sweet Mary, Ora pro me.
O. Weil sets stanzas 1, 3, 5
Authorship:
- by Adelaide Anne Procter (1825 - 1864) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Oscar Weil (1839? - 1921), "Ave Maria", op. 11 no. 5, stanzas 1,3,5. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-27
Line count: 30
Word count: 176