Dear husband of Mary! Dear Nurse of her child!\nLife’s ways are full weary, the desert is wild;\nBleak sands are all round us, no home can we see;\nSweet spouse of our lady! We lean upon thee.\n98\n2. For thou to the pilgrim art Father and Guide,\nAnd Jesus and Mary felt safe by thy side;\nAh, blessed Saint Joseph, how safe should I be,\nSweet spouse of our lady! If thou wert with me!\n3. O, blessed Saint Joseph! How great was thy worth\nThe one chosen shadow of God upon earth,\nThe Father of Jesus - ah then wilt thou be,\nSweet spouse of our lady! A Father to me?\n4. When the treasures of God were unsheltered on earth,\nSafe keeping was found for them both in thy worth,\nO Father of Jesus, be father to me,\nSweet spouse of our lady! And I will love thee.