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An ancient English carol.
Alma redemptoris mater.As I lay upon a nightMy thought was on a berde so brightWhom men call Mary, full of might,Redemptoris mater.To her came Gabriel with lightAnd said, ‘Hail be thou, blissful wight! [blessed creature]To be called now art thou dight [prepared]Redemptoris mater.'At that word that lady brightAnon conceived God full of might;Then men knew well that she hight [was called]Redemptoris mater.When Jesu on the rood was pight [fastened]Mary was doleful for that sightTil she saw him rise up aright,Redemptoris mater.Jesu, who sittest in heaven's light,Grant us to come before thy sightWith that berde that is so bright,Redemptoris mater.
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