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I think in that far time when Gabriel came / And gave short speech to Mary sweet and wise, / That when the faint fear faded from her eyes, / And they were filled up with a sudden flame
Of joy bewildering and wonderment; / With reverence the angel in her palm / Laid one white lily, dewy with the balm / Of the Lord's garden; saying: "This is sent
For thine espousal, thou the undefiled; / And it shall bloom till all be consummate."
Lo, then he passed. She, musing where she sate,
Felt all her being moved in manner wondrous mild; / Then, laying 'gainst her bosom the white flower, / She bowed her head, and said, "It is God's dower. "