Ave, Maria! Maiden mild! Oh listen to a maiden's prayer; For thou canst hear tho' from the wild, And Thou canst save amid despair. Safe may we sleep beneath thy care Tho' banish'd outcast and reviled, Oh, Maiden hear a maidens prayer. Oh Mother, hear a suppliant child! Ave Maria!
Ave, Maria! Undefiled! The flinty couch we now must share, Shall seem with down of eider piled If Thy, if Thy protection hover there. The murky cavern's heavy air Shall breath of Balm if thou hast smiled; Then, Maiden hear a maiden's prayer. Oh Mother, hear a suppliant child! Ave Maria!
Ave, Maria! Stainless-styled! Foul demons of the earth and air, From this their wonted haunt exiled, Shall flee, shall flee before thy presence fair. We bow us to our lot of care Beneath Thy guidance reconciled, Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer; And for a father bear a child! Ave Maria!