The Word Whom Earth and Sea and Sky

Verse 1

The God whom earth and sea and sky adore and laud and magnify, whose might they own, whose praise they tell, in Mary's body deigned to dwell.

Verse 2

O Mother blest, the chosen shrine wherein the Architect divine, whose hand contains the earth and sky, vouchsafed in hidden guise to lie:

Verse 3

Blest in the message Gabriel brought; blest in the work the Spirit wrought; most blest, to bring to human birth the long-desired of all the earth.

Verse 4

O Lord, the Virgin-born, to thee eternal praise and glory be, whom with the Father we adore and Holy Ghost for evermore. Amen.