Like the dawning of the morning\nOn the mountain’s golden heights,\nLike the breaking of the moon-beams\nOn the gloom of cloudy nights;\nLike a secret told by angels,\nGetting known upon the earth,\nIs the mother’s expectation\nOf Messiah’s speedy birth.\n2. Thou wast happy Blessed Mother,\nWith the very bliss of heaven,\nSince the Angel’s salutation\nIn thy raptured ear was given;\nSince the Ave of that Midnight\nWhen thou wast anointed Queen\nLike a river overflowing\nHath the grace within thee been.\n48\n3. Thou hast waited child of David\nAnd the waiting now is o’er\nThou hast seen him, Blessed Mother\nAnd wilt see him, evermore!\nO his human face and features\nThey were passing sweet to see.\nThou beholdest them this moment\nMother, show them now, to me.