187. Virgin born, we bow before thee

1 Virgin born, we bow before thee:
Blessèd was the womb that bore thee:
Mary, Mother meek and mild.
Blessèd was she in her Child.
Blessèd was the breast that fed thee:
Blessèd was the hand that led thee;
Blessèd was the parent's eye
That watched thy slumbering infancy.

2 Blessèd she by all creation.
Who brought forth the world's salvation.
And blessèd they for ever blest.
Who love thee most and serve thee best.
Virgin born we bow before thee:
Blessèd was the womb that bore thee:
Mary, Mother meek and mild,
Blessèd was she in her Child.

Text Information
First Line: Virgin born, we bow before thee
Author: Bishop R. Heber, 1783-1826
Meter: 88 77 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: The Blessed Virgin Mary; The Christian Year: Festivals and Other Holy Days: Proper; The Presentation of Christ in the Temple: February 2nd (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: MON DIEU, PRÊTE MOI L'OREILLE
Composer: L. Bourgeois, c. 1510-61
Harmonizer: R. V. W.
Meter: 88 77 D
Key: g minor
Source: French Psalter, 1542 (Ps. 86)
Copyright: Harm. By permission of Oxford University Press



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