Virgin-born, we bow before you

(one verse introduction)

Virgin-born, we bow before you:
blesséd was the womb that bore you;
Mary, Mother meek and mild,
blesséd was she in her Child.
Blesséd was the breast that fed you;
blesséd was the hand that led you;
blesséd was the parent's eye
that watched thy slumbering infancy.

Blesséd she by all creation,
who brought forth the world's salvation, and
blesséd they, for ever blessed, who
love you most and serve you best.
Virgin-born, we bow before you;
blesséd was the womb that bore you;
Mary, Mother meek and mild,
blessed was she in her Child.

Words: Reginald Heber (18thC)
Music: Psalm 86, Claude Goudimel (16thC)