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MARGARET'S PRAYER TO THE MATER DOLOROSA.

FROM GÖTHE'S FAUST.

Ach neigeDu Schmerzenreiche.
Oh bend thy face,Thou rich in agonies!Oh look with graceOn my necessities!
The sword is in thy heart,With thousand pangs its fibres part;Thy Son before thine eyes is dying;Thou to the Father lookest sighing,Heaven's aid for Him and theePraying in thine agony.
Oh, who can tellThe pangs that rack each bone?Oh, who can feelFor all by this poor bosom undergone?What tremblings chill it,What passions thrill it,Thou knowest only, Thou alone.
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