The Blue Veil

THE VIRGIN IN THE BLUE VIEL

Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)

O MARY, MY MOTHER.

O Mary, my Mother, most lovely, most mild, Look down upon me, your weak lowly child; From the land of my exile I call upon thee; Then, Mary my Mother, look kindly on me.

O Mary, in pity look down upon me; 

This the voice of thy child that is calling on thee.

THE VERSE: Manual of Instructions and Devotions for Children of Mary.

Paternoster Row, London - 1920