1.
Virgin, wholly marvelous,
Who did bear God’s Son for us,
Worthless is my tongue and weak
Of thy purity to speak.
2.
Who can praise you as he ought?
Gifts, with every blessing fraught,
Gifts that bring the gifted life,
You didst grant us, maiden-wife.
3.
God became the lowly Son,
Made himself thy little One,
Raising men to tell thy worth
High in heav’n as here on earth.
4.
Heav’n and earth, and all that is,
Thrill to-day with ecstasies,
Chanting glory, bend your knee,
Sing his praise with festal glee.
5.
Cherubim with fourfold face
Are no peers of yours in grace;
And the six-wing’d Seraphim
Shine, amid your splendour, dim.
6.
Purer art thou than are all
Heavenly hosts angelical,
Who delight with pomp and state
On thy beauteous Child to wait.
Catholic Hymn: Virgin Wholly Marvellous