O most splendid gem
this fair grace like the sun,
which pours through you,
is as a spring leaping
from the Father's heart,
For this is His only Word,
and from this was created
the prime matter of the world
which Eve disturbed.
The Word, for You, Father,
fashioned human form!
And therefore Mary, you are that one shining matter,
whereby the Word
exhales all virtues,
like from prime matter
He drawed out all creatures.