Mother of God (Hymn)

At morn - at noon - at twilight dim -
Maria! thou hast heard my hymn!
In joy and woe - in good and ill -
Mother of God, be with me still!
When the Hours flew brightly by,
And not a cloud obscured the sky,
My soul, lest it should truant be,
Thy grace did guide to thine and thee;
Now, when the storms of Fate o'ercast
Darkly my Present, and my Past,
Let my Future radiant shine
With sweet hopes of thee and thine!
                                -hymn by Edgar Allen Poe as quoted in Angelus Domini with Legendary Lays and Poems in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary compiled and edited by A Daughter of the Church, published by The Baker & Taylor Company Publishers 1893.