~ by Mack Hall
O how beautiful is Our Lady Queen!
Queen of our hearts and hopes, and of the May,
Sweet Empress over forest, down, and dene,
and happy Sunrise over the pilgrim’s way.
O let us crown Our Queen with leaf and flower,
gathered this morning in the dawn-lit dew;
for we in this island are Her true dower,
pledging our faith with thorn and rose and yew.
She gives us Her feast day, cool and quiet and green –
O how beautiful is Our Lady Queen!