A Hymn to Mary, Seat of Wisdom

To the Tune "Merton" or "Halton Holgate" (87.87)

(Vs. 1-5 are new, while the Doxology was written by Fr. Edward Caswall of Congregation of the Oratory)

1. Mary, ere the world was founded,
God conceived Thee in His plan, 

That all sin should be confounded, 

By, through Thee, becoming Man. 

2. So when God made earth and heaven, 

Kneading them to one accord,
Thou wert made the very leaven,
Raising them unto the Lord. 

3. Oh, if Wisdom's habitation, 

Be where e'er His Law is felt,
Thou art like her incarnation,
For in Thee the Law hath dwelt. 

4. Bowing at Thy holy altar, 

He who owns Thee as his Queen, 

Knows his heart shall never falter, 

If Thy prayers will intervene. 

5. Mary, Wisdom's great creation,
Where the Word shall not depart,
Fix in us the contemplation,
Of Thy undivided heart.

Doxology (By Edward Caswall)
Honor, glory, virtue, merit,
To the Father and the Son,
With the co-eternal Spirit,
While eternal ages run.