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THE ROSARY 
 IN RHYME 
 
THE 
 
 ROSARY 
 
 IN RHYME 
 
 JOHN B. TABB 
 
 MCMX VI 
 
Copyright, 1904, by 
 
 Small, Maynard & Company 
 
 Incorporated 
 
TO THE 
 RIGHT REVEREND 
 
 , ^ . X 
 
 ALFRED A CURTIS D- D- 
 
 WITH THE 
 LOVE AND VENERATION 
 
 OF HIS 
 FIRST SON IN CHRIST 
 
 C IT 
 
THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 I. The Annunciation, 2 
 
 II. The Visitation, 6 
 
 III. The Nativity, 10 
 IV. The Presentation, 14 
 
 V. The Child in the Temple, 18 
 
 THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 
 
 VI. The Agony, 22 
 VII. The Crown of Thorns, 26 
 
 VIII. The Scourging, 30 
 
 IX. Carrying the Cross, 34 
 
 X. The Crucifixion, 38 
 
 THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 XI. The Resurrection, 42 
 XII. The Ascension, 46 
 
 XIII. Pentecost, 50 
 
 XIV. The Assumption, 54 
 
 XV. The Coronation of Mary, 58 
 
THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES ; 
 
 I. THE ANNUNCIATION 
 
THE ANNUNCIATION 
 
 CCUSTOMED in the 
 highest heights to be, 
 The Angel bowed in awe, 
 As if, amazed before 
 Humility, 
 
 A deeper heaven he saw. 
 
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 an& saiti, jijatU nuhe i, as. 
 
THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 II. THE VISITATION 
 
II 
 
 THE VISITATION 
 
 |IS cloistered God the unborn 
 messenger 
 
 Exulting, leaped to hear : 
 His mother in the Mother 
 of her Lord 
 Interpreting the Word. 
 
STnTr toijetue is tfjis to me ttyat tije 
 stjoutti come 
 
 tome? Hufeei,43. 
 
THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 III. THE NATIVITY 
 
Ill 
 
 THE NATIVITY 
 
 small that lesser 
 
 lowliness 
 
 Must bow to worship or 
 
 caress : 
 
 So great that heaven 
 itself to know 
 Love s majesty must look below. 
 
 10 
 
sou In fiorn t^Cs tras, tn 
 cttg of Batom, a 
 
 tijf ILortr. 
 
 Xufteii, tt. 
 
THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 IV. THE PRESENTATION 
 
IV 
 
 THE PRESENTATION 
 
 HERE, woman, is thine 
 offering 
 
 The debt of law and love ? 
 " My Babe a tender 
 nestling is, 
 
 And I the Mother-dove." 
 
SlccorDfittfl to ttjat tol)(c!) la 
 
 in tije latu of tijc HortJ t 
 pair of turtie-troDes* tAe, 24 
 
THE JOYOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 V. THE CHILD IN THE TEMPLE 
 
THE CHILD IN THE TEMPLE 
 
 MONG the sages while 
 He sat, 
 
 And they delighted heard, 
 None knew the Child they 
 wondered at, 
 Was God s Eternal Word. 
 
 18 
 
rf)cr> fount* Jfyini in tijt temple, 
 aitting in tijc mttrst of ti)r Troc= 
 
THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 
 
 VI. THE AGONY 
 
VI 
 
 THE AGONY 
 
 [ERE, where with bloody 
 sweat 
 
 The ground is wet, 
 The brutal thorn is bred 
 To crown His head : 
 
 Dost thou, avenging sod, 
 Curse home thy God ? 
 
 22 
 
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THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 
 
 VII. THE CROWN OF THORNS 
 
VII 
 THE CROWN OF THORNS 
 
 H, wherefore were we torn, 
 Reluctant, from the bough, 
 To be a mark of scorn 
 Upon this bleeding Brow ? 
 O fruit of the Forbidden Tree, 
 
 Behold the ripened penalty ! 
 

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THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 
 
 VIII. THE SCOURGING 
 
VIII 
 
 THE SCOURGING 
 
 THONGS, for thirst 
 
 Of fiends accurst, 
 
 Ye quaffed the crimson 
 
 flood! 
 
 Ah, would that we 
 
 Who wound, as ye 
 
 Were guiltless of His blood ! 
 
Pilate ttjemore tooft 
 Jesus anil scourged jK?im. 
 
THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 
 
 IX. CARRYING THE CROSS 
 
IX 
 CARRYING THE CROSS 
 
 HEN Christ went up to 
 
 Calvary, 
 
 His load upon Him laid, 
 
 Each tree unto its neighbor 
 
 tree 
 
 In awful silence said, 
 
 " Behold, the Gardener is He 
 
 Of Eden and Gethsemane ! " 
 
 34 
 
THE DOLOROUS MYSTERIES 
 
 X. THE CRUCIFIXION 
 
THE CRUCIFIXION 
 
 HY, O my God, hast Thou 
 
 forsaken me ? 
 
 Not so my Mother ; for 
 
 behold and see 
 
 She steadfast stands. O 
 Father, shall it be 
 
 That she abides when Thou forsakest 
 me? 
 
Koto tfjere stoott fcg tfje 
 of Jrsus ??is plott 
 
 fofon tit, 25 
 
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 XL THE RESURRECTION 
 
I 
 
 XI 
 
 THE RESURRECTION 
 
 EHOLD, the night of 
 
 sorrow gone, 
 
 Like Magdalene the tender 
 
 Dawn 
 
 Goes forth with love s 
 
 anointing sweet, 
 
 To kiss again the Master s feet. 
 
 42 
 
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THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 XII. THE ASCENSION 
 
XII 
 
 THE ASCENSION 
 
 N Sinai did the cloud, 
 His glory shroud ; 
 And in the Holy Place 
 It hid His face. 
 As now He goes, so 
 
 shall ye see 
 
 Him come ; a cloud His canopy. 
 
a clotrtr recctbett ]Eitm out 
 of tljetc stflijt. act? i, 0. 
 
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 XIII. PENTECOST 
 
XIII 
 
 PENTECOST 
 
 ISCORD the curse of 
 
 Babel done, 
 
 The world, divided, hears 
 
 as one 
 
 All hearts revealing 
 each to each, 
 The new-found harmony of speech. 
 
tfjere appeared unto tfjcm 
 cloben tonflucs, Ufee as of fire. 
 
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 XIV. THE ASSUMPTION 
 
XIV 
 
 THE ASSUMPTION 
 
 OR Bethlehem nor Nazareth 
 
 Apart from Mary s care, 
 
 Nor heaven itself a home for 
 
 Him 
 
 Were not His Mother there. 
 
 54 
 
net me see ti)g countenance, 
 let me gear tfjg fcotce, 
 
 >on0 of >ol. ii, 14. 
 
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES 
 
 XV. THE CORONATION 
 
XV 
 
 THE CORONATION OF MARY 
 
 HEE, Mother-Queen of 
 Heaven, 
 He crowned, 
 And not for love alone ; 
 For in thy bosom first 
 
 He found 
 
 The life-spring of His own. 
 
STijer r appeared a great toontrer 
 in ijeafc r n ; a luoman do tfjrt tu tti) 
 tije sun, antr tfje moon untrer 
 fret, antr upon Jjer ici^ a crotiw 
 of ttucllje stavs* 
 

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