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Our Lady's Mirror
Autumn 1943
Assumption of Our Lady: one
of five panels on the Gallery
screen
1. O Come to Walsingham with me,
Good pilgrims all where’er you be;
In spirit join our Christmastide,
And cast the veil of care aside!
Sing, heav’n and earth, of Jesu’s birth,
And clap your hands with joyful mirth!
2. Poor lowly shepherds to the Shrine
Shall guide our way; the stars shall shine
To lighten us, and angels’ song
Shall help our weary steps along.
Chorus
3. Not incense, but the scent of hay
Its fragrant odour shall display,
And Joseph there with kindly smile
Shall bid us pause and rest awhile
Chorus
4. What sight to gladden and amaze
The little Holy House displays!
Sweet Mary nurses her Delight,
Her Infant Son, the Lord of Light.
Chorus
5. Then kneel in adoration there;
This is no fable I declare,
For faith is given by God’s grace
To those who humbly seek His Face.
Chorus
6. Now praise we God so good and great
Who pity felt for our poor state;
And, pilgrims, wheresoe’er you bide.
We wish you joy this Christmastide!
Chorus
article: 'Colleges of Secular Canons'
illustrations: one of five panels on the Gallery screen (by Enid Chadwick) [above]; The Dream of
S Joseph on another panel of the same; the music of the Walsingham carol printed above