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2.As the ſunbeam through the glaſs
Paſſeth, but not ſtaineth;
Thus the Virgin, as ſhe was,
Virgin ſtill remaineth;
Bleſſed Mother! in whoſe womb
Lay the Light that exiles gloom,
God to earth deſcending:
Bleſſed Maid! whoſe ſpotleſs breaſt
Gives the King of Glory reſt,
Nurture, warmth, and tending:
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