A CANTICLE LIKE THAT OF EZECHIAS (IS. XXXVIII)

I have said in the midst of my days: I will go to Mary, that she may reconcile me to Christ. I have sought the residue of my years: in the bitterness of my soul. My generation is taken away: because my father and mother and all have forsaken me: but Mary hath taken me up. I hoped in her in the morning, in the evening, and at midday: as a lion she hath broken all the bones of my sins. And thou, O Lady, hast delivered my soul, that it should not be lost: and my only one from the hand of the dog. Glory be to the Father, etc. >