A Hymn to the Virgin

Of one that is so fayr and bright
  Velut maris stella,
Brighter than the dayes light,
  Parens et puella:
Ic crie to thee, thou see to me,
Levedy, preye thi Sone for me
  Tam pia,
That ich mote come to thee.
  Maria!

Levedy, flour of alle thing,
  Rosa sine spina,
Thu bere Jhesu, hevene king,
  Gratia divina:
Of alle thu berst the pris,
Levedy, quene of Parays
  Electa,
Maide milde, Moder es
  Effecta.

Authorship

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , title unknown, c1300

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

by Michael (Stockwin) Howard (1922-2002) , "A Hymn to the Virgin", 1951, rev. 1973 [voice and piano], from Three Middle English Songs, no. 1.

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "A hymn to the virgin", 1913?, published 1930, rev. 1934. [double SATB chorus]

Text added to the website: 2010-03-26.

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