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Ave Maria Gratia Plena by Oscar Wilde

Was this His coming! I had hoped to see
A scene of wondrous glory, as was told
Of some great God who in a rain of gold
Broke open bars and fell on Danae:
Or a dread vision as when Semele
Sickening for love and unappeased desire
Prayed to see God’s clear body, and the fire
Caught her brown limbs and slew her utterly:
With such glad dreams I sought this holy place,
And now with wondering eyes and heart I stand
Before this supreme mystery of Love:
Some kneeling girl with passionless pale face,
An angel with a lily in his hand,
And over both the white wings of a Dove.

Happy Christmas to all reading this post!

[btw AI tells me that Danae is a Greek name meaning ‘she who judges’  linked to a major figure in Greek mythology, the mother of the hero Perseus, visited by Zeus as a shower of gold. Semele is another figure from Greek mythology, a princess famous for being the mortal mother of the god Dionysus by Zeus.]