oh thou that bowest
thy ecstatic face
thy perfect sorrows
are the world's to keep
wherefore onto
thy knee
come we
with a prayer
oh thou that bowest
thy ecstatic face
thy perfect sorrows
are the world's to keep
wherefore onto
thy knee
come we
with a prayer
mother heroic
mother glorious
beholding in thy eye
immortal tears
oh thou that bowest
thy ecstatic face
oh...