Ave Maria (Scott, set by F. Mendelssohn-Hensel) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ave, Maria! Maiden mild! 
Oh listen to a maiden's prayer;
For thou canst hear tho' from the wild,
And Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care
Tho' banish'd outcast and reviled,
Oh, Maiden hear a maidens prayer. 
Oh Mother, hear a suppliant child! 
Ave Maria! 

Ave, Maria! Undefiled! 
The flinty couch we now must share,
Shall seem with down of eider piled
If Thy, if Thy protection hover there. 
The murky cavern's heavy air
Shall breath of Balm if thou hast smiled;
Then, Maiden hear a maiden's prayer. 
Oh Mother, hear a suppliant child! 
Ave Maria! 

Ave, Maria! Stainless-styled! 
Foul demons of the earth and air,
From this their wonted haunt exiled,
Shall flee, shall flee before thy presence fair. 
We bow us to our lot of care
Beneath Thy guidance reconciled,
Hear for a maid a maiden's prayer;
And for a father bear a child! 
Ave Maria!

Authorship

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

The Lady of the Lake

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847)

German

Set in German, adapted by Adam Storck (1780-1822) [pseudonym] DUT ITA FRE GER

Emil Genetz (1852-1930)

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847)

English

Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)

Date added to the website: 2003-11-07.

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