Maiden Mother, meek and mild,

Take, oh take me for they child.

All my life, oh let it be

My best joy to think of thee.

When my eyes are closed in sleep,

Through the night my slumbers keep,

Make my latest thought to be

How to love thy Son and thee.

Teach me, when the sunbeam bright

Calls me with its golden light,

How my waking thoughts may be

Turned to Jesus and to thee.

Teach me also through the day

Oft to raise my heart and say,

“Maiden Mother, meek and mild,

Guard, oh guard thy faithful child”.

Thus, Sweet Mother, day and night

Thou shalt guard my steps aright

And my dying words shall be:

“Virgin Mother, pray for me!