Sie ift mir ließ, bie luert^e 3Kag&> Dear is to me tlie holy Founded on the twelfth chapter of the Revelation.
Wittenberg, 1545Harmony by M. Praetorius, l6lo.
1^ is to me the ho glo-rious things of her.
-0For she my soul will w- ?2: rä: rl s= -«- '22gsr-^P'- -«rav ish With con - stan - cy and love's pure fire, :?2: i^: p: h— r- ^—^- DEAR IS TO ME THE HOLY MAID.
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9)Ztt i^rer Sieb'' unD S^reu Mi mir, !Die fie ju mir tüiü fe^en, llnD t^utt all mein ©egicr.
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3^r ift lüel), \m^ vciVi^ g'Bären Sin fd^öneö ^int, ten eblen ©o^n, Unt) aller Sßclt ein''n Ferren, !i:;em fte i|t mCiixi^^v..
Daö t^ut t)em alten £ra^cn '^^xxi Jöitt ta5 Äinb ijerfd^lingen ; ©ein X^^iXi ift bo(^ ganj üerIor"'n, Gö fann i{)m ni(^t gelingen:
%<xi ^xxi^ ij^ t)orf) Stuf Srtien fafl fe^r tüüf^cn ; Die ^IJiutter mup gar fein allein, %^^ miü fte ®ott bepten, Unt) fccr rei^t^ 25ater fein.
Dear is to me the holy Maid,— I never can forget her ; For glorious things of her are said 3 Than life I love her better
For she my soul will ravish With constancy and love's pure fire, And with her bounty lavish Fulfil my heart's desire.
She wears a crown of purest gold, Twelve shining stars attend her ; Her raiment, glorious to behold, Surpasses far in splendor
She Stands, the Bride Sore travail is upon her ; She bringeth forth a noble Son Whom all the world doth honor ; She bows before his throne.
Thereat the Dragon raged, and stood With open mouth before her But vain was his attempt, for God His buckler broad threw o'er her,
The mother, sore afflicted, Alone into the desert fled, There by her God protected, By her true Father fed.