Protect us, while telling\nThy praises we sing,\nIn faithful hearts dwelling,\nChrist Jesus, our King.\nAve, ave, ave, Maria;\nAve, ave, ave, Maria.\n2. Thou cam’st to redeem us,\nA pure Maiden’s Child;\nPure bodies beseem us\nAnd hearts undefiled. Ave, etc.\n3. And thou, ever glorious\n‘Midst children of Eve,\nGod’s Mother victorious,\nOur praises receive. Ave, etc.\n4. By God’s visitation\nThy chaste womb didst bear\nThe King of creation,\nKing David’s true heir. Ave, etc.\n5. Whose glory in heaven\nAnd earth is confessed,\nTo thee it was given\nTo nurse at thy breast. Ave, etc.\n6. On their bosom playing\nFrom Bethlehem brought,\nHis own law obeying,\nHis temple he sought. Ave, etc.\n7. While thou didst embrace him,\nThe Magi adored\nWith gifts brought to praise him,\nTheir King and their Lord. Ave, etc.\n8. Then Egypt received him,\nIts idols o’erthrown;\nAnd strangers believed him,\nDenied by his own. Ave, etc.\n9. With Joseph, thou losing\nThe joy of mankind,\nHis Father’s house using\nThy Truant didst find. Ave, etc.\n1 0. The prayer from him earneth\nA mystical sign,\nWhen water he turneth\nTo life-giving wine. Ave, etc.\n1 1 . Thy heart, ever truest,\nIs pierced by the sword,\nAs dying thou viewest\nThy King and thy Lord. Ave, etc.\n1 2. Day breaks, his is risen,\nThy Lord and thy son,\nSet free from death’s prison:\nHis glory is won. Ave, etc.