Nova!
Iain Farrington
"Nova! Nova!
Gabriel of high degree
He came down from the Trinity
From Nazareth to Galilee
He met a maiden in a place
He kneeled down before her face
He said: Hail, Mary, full of grace!
When the maiden saw all this
She was sore abashed
ywis, Lest that she had done amiss
Then said the angel
Dread not you, You shall conceive in all virtue
A child whose name shall be Jesu
Then said the maid: Verily
I am your servant truly
Ecce ancilla Domini
Nova! Nova!
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