MARY, QUEEN OF HUNGARY
Wife of King Louis II
Wife of King Louis II
Portrait
Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia, 1515 - 1526
Attributions
Portrait by Hans Maler Schwaz, circa 1520
Dates and Places of Birth and Death
BORN: Sept. 15, 1505 Brussels, Belgium
DIED: Oct. 18, 1558 Cigales, Spain
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PRAYER BY MARY, QUEEN OF HUNGARY.
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PRAYER BY MARY, QUEEN OF HUNGARY.
[Translation]
O GOD ! though sorrow be my fate,
And the world's hate
For my heart's faith pursue me,
My peace they cannot take away ;
From day to day
Thou dost anew imbue me ;
Thou art not far ; a little while
Thou hid'st thy face with brighter smile
Thy father-love to show me.
Lord, not my will, but thine, be done ;
If I sink down
When men to terrors leave me,
Thy father-love still warms my breast,
All's for the best ;
Shall man have power to grieve me
When bliss eternal is my goal,
And thou the keeper of my soul,
Who never will deceive me ?
Thou art my shield, as saith the Word.
Christ Jesus, Lord,
Thou standest pitying by me,
And lookest on each grief of mine
As if 't were thine :
What then though foes may try me,
Though thorns be in my path concealed ?
World, do thy worst ! God is my shield !
And will be ever nigh me.
MARY, QUEEN OF HUNGARY
