I hail you, holy and entrancing nun!
Model of sanctity and faith supreme,
You are of piety the living dream,
Vestal, your soul is purer than the sun.

You are a thousand prayers all blent in one!
Angelic banners round your fair head stream!
Aureoles of saintly glory on you beam!
You, you, alone, on Earth have Heaven begun!

And when I see you in your various rôles,
Your sacred face hurls back all fears of hell,
And with a faith intense mine eyelids close!
Then, I believe in most celestial goals,
My thoughts upon religious matters dwell,
For you are peace, and candor, and repose!