2 “Virgin Mother, daughter of thine own Son, humble and exalted more than any creature, 3 fixed term of the eternal counsel, thou art she who human nature didst ennoble so that its own Maker 6 not disdained to become its creature. Within thy womb was rekindled the Love through whose warmth in the eternal peace 9 thus has blossomed this flower. Here thou art to us the noonday torch of charity, and below, among mortals, 12 thou art of hope the living fount. Lady, thou art so great, and so availest, that whoso would have grace, and to thee has not recourse, 15 his desire would have fly without wings. Thy benignity not only succors him who asks, but oftentimes 18 freely the asking foreruns. In thee mercy, in thee pity, in thee magnificence, in thee are united 21 whatever in any creature is of goodness. Now this man, who, from the lowest abyss of the universe, far even as here, has seen 24 the spiritual lives one after one, doth supplicate thee of grace, for power such that he may be able with his eyes to uplift himself 27 higher toward the Ultimate Salvation.
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