Sancta Maria! turn thine eyes - <br />Upon the sinner's sacrifice, <br />Of fervent prayer and humble love, <br />From thy holy throne above. <br />At morn - at noon - at twilight dim - <br />Maria! thou hast heard my hymn! <br />In joy and wo - in good and ill - <br />Mother of God, be with me still! <br /> <br />When the Hours flew brightly by, <br />And not a cloud obscured the sky, <br />My soul, lest it should truant be, <br />Thy grace did guide to thine and thee; <br /> <br />Now, when storms of Fate o'ercast <br />Darkly my Present and my Past, <br />Let my Future radiant shine <br />With sweet hopes of thee and thine!<br /><br />Edgar Allan Poe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sancta-maria/
