Classic Poem

Haile! sterne superne. Haile! in eterne,
In Godis sicht to shine.
Lucerne in derne for to discerne
Be glory and grace divine.
Hodiern, modern, sempitern,
Angelicall regine,
Our tern inferne for to dispern,
Helpe! rialest rosine.
Ave! Maria, gracia plena,
Haile! freshe floure feminine,
Yerne us, guberne, virgin matern,
Of reuth baith rute and rine.

Emprice of pris, imperatrice,
Bricht, polist, precious stane,
Victrice of vice, hie genetrice
Of Jesu, Lord soveraine,
Our wis pavis fra enemis
Agane the Feindis traine,
Oratrice, mediatrice, salvatrice,
To God gret suffragane.
Ave! Maria, gracia plena,
Haile! sterne meridiane,
Spice, flowr delice of paradise,
That baire the glorius graine.

Imperiall wall, place palestrall
Of peirless pulcritude,
Triumphale hall, hie trone regall
Of Godis celsitude,
Hospitall riall, the Lord of all
Thy closet did include,
Bricht ball crystall, ros virginall,
Fulfillit of angel fude,
Ave! Maria, gracia plena,
Thy birth has, with his blude,
Fra fall mortall, originall,
Us raunsound on the Rude.