Full many a time in earth's eventful day
A virgin's strength hath made the people free,
A virgin's hand the tyrant dared to slay,
A virgin's soul hath bowed to fate's decree.
Saved by a Virgin — runs the Jewish tale;
Homeric echoes chant the monody;
The Roman sibyls' wild, prophetic wail
Sang of " the Virgin" that was yet to be.
So in that sunny land beyond the sea,
When savage warfare bade the folk despair,
A maiden, dauntless as her fame is fair —
A virgin clad in heaven's panoply —
Drove the oppressor to the further shore,
And freed the ungrateful people evermore.