A La Virgen

Maria
(To The Virgin
Mary)
✣ "A La Virgen Maria" is a sonnet
written by the Philippine
national hero, Jose Rizal.
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The story of this sonnet is said to be
about the last member of a prominent
clan in the Muslim Kingdom of Granada
around during the 15th century.
It was written during Rizal's academic
stay in Ateneo Municipal de Manila on
3 December 1876.
Mary, sweet peace, ______ dear
Of pained _____! You're the fount
Whence ________ the stream of
succor,
That without cease our soil
__________.

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From thy ______, from heaven
high,
Kindly hear my sorrowful cry!
And may thy shining ____
protect
My _____ that rises with rapid
flight.

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 Thou art my Mother, Mary, pure;
Thou'll be the ________ of my life;
Thou'll be my guide on this angry sea.
If ___________ vice pursues me,
If in my pains death harasses me,
Help me, and drive away my ____!

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Mary, sweet peace, solace dear
Of pained mortal! You're the
fount
Whence emanates the stream of
succor,
That without cease our soil
fructifies.

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 From thy throne, from heaven
high,
Kindly hear my sorrowful cry!
And may thy shining veil protect
My voice that rises with rapid
flight.

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 Thou art my Mother, Mary, pure;
Thou'll be the fortress of my life;
Thou'll be my guide on this angry sea.
If ferociously vice pursues me,
If in my pains death harasses me,
Help me, and drive away my woes!

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