[Verse]
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Thy perfect sorrows
Are the world's to keep
Wherefore onto thy knees
Come we
With a prayer

[Verse]
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face
Thy perfect sorrows
Are the world's to keep
Wherefore onto thy knees
Come we
With a prayer

[Chorus]
Mother heroic
Mother glorious
Beholding in thy eyes
Immortal tears

[Verse]
Oh thou that bowest
Thy ecstatic face