III.

She sat; beneath her shadow were

The Chosen of her Son;

Within each heart and on each face
Her power and spirit shone.

IV.

Hers was the courage they had won From her prevailing prayers; They gazed on her, until her heart Began to beat in theirs.

V.

Her Son had left that heart to them :
For ten long nights and days,
The Saviour gone, no Spirit come,

She ruled their infant ways.

VI.

Queen of the Church! around thee shines

The purest light of heaven,

And all created things to thee

For thy domain are given!

VII.

Why waitest thou then so abashed,
Wrapt in extatic fear,

Speechless with adoration, hushed,-
Hushed as though God were near?

VIII.

She is a creature! See! she bows,

She trembles though so great ;

Created Majesty o'erwhelmed

Before the Increate!

IX.

He comes! He comes! That mighty Breath

From heaven's eternal shores ;

His uncreated freshness fills

His Bride as she adores.

X.

Earth quakes before that rushing blast,
Heaven echos back the sound,

And mightily the tempest wheels
That Upper Room around.

XI.

One moment-and the silentness

Was breathless as the grave;

The fluttered earth forgot to quake,

The troubled trees to wave.

XII.

One moment-and the Spirit hung
O'er her with dread desire;

Then broke upon the heads of all
In cloven tongues of fire.

XIII.

Who knows in what a sea of love

Our Lady's heart He drowned? Or what new gifts He gave her then? What ancient gifts He crowned ?

XIV.

Grace was so multiplied on her,
So grew within her heart,

She stands alone, earth's miracle,

A being all apart.

XV.

What gifts He gave those chosen men

Past ages can display ;

Nay more, their vigour still inspires

The weakness of to-day.

XVI.

Those Tongues still speak within the Church,

That Fire is undecayed;

Its well-spring was that Upper Room,
Where Mary sat and prayed.

XVII.

The Spirit came into the Church

With His unfailing power;

He is the Living Heart that beats

Within her at this hour.