Karen Saupe is Professor of English at Calvin College. She specializes in Old and Middle English, Chaucer, and Christianity in medieval England.

• List of PlatesAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionSelect BibliographyThe Annunciation1 In that time, als was ful wel2 From heovene into eorthe, God gretynge he sende3 Gabriel, fram evene kingh4 The angel to the vergyn said5 Nowel el el (Mary moder, meke and mylde)6 Unto Marie he that love hath (Thus seide Mary of grete honoure) 7 Nowel, nowel, nowel (Under a tre / In sportyng me) 8 Edi beo thu, hevene quene9 Heyl, levedy, se-stoerre bryht10 Blessed Mary, moder virginall11 Hayle mayden of maydyns, thorgth worde consaywyng12 Hayle, glorious lady and hevenly quene13 I syng of a myden / That is makeles14 At a spryng wel under a thornThe Nativity15 Blissid be that lady bryght (Goddys Sonne is borne)16 Nu this fules singet and maket hure blisse17 Alleluya! (Now wel may we merthis make)18 Mary so myelde of hert and myende19 My Fader above, beholdying thy mekenesse20 Ther is no rose of swych vertu21 Holy moder, that bere Cryst22 Syng we, syng we (Holy maydyn, blyssid thu be)23 Lullay, myn lykyng (I saw a fayr maydyn syttyn and synge)24 Ler to loven as I love thee25 Lullay, lullay, la, lullay (Als I lay upon a nith)26 Modyr, whyt os lyly flowr (As I up ros in a mornyng)27 Lullay, my fader, lullay, my brother (Ye ben my fader)28 I passud thoru a garden grene29 Als I lay upon a nith / I lokede upon a stronde30 Ecce quod natura mutat sua iura (Beholde and see)Mary at the Foot of the Cross31 Quhat dollour persit our ladyis hert32 Jesu Cristes milde moder33 Stond wel, Moder, under rode34 Suete sone, reu on me, and brest out of thi bondis35 The angell sayde to thee that the fruyt off thi body sulde be blyssyde36 A Son! tak hede to me whas sone thou was37 Womman, Jon I take to thee (Allas, wo sal myn herte slaken?)38 Nou goth sonne under wod39 Sodenly afraide, half waking, half slepyng (With favoure in hir face)40 Thou synfull man of resoun that walkest here up and downe41 Why have ye no reuthe on my child?42 Of alle women that ever were borne43 O litel whyle lesteneth to me44 Upon my ryght syde y me leye45 M and A and R and I (It wern fowre letterys of purposy)46 Mary myelde made grete mone (When fals Judas her son had solde)47 I syke when y singe48 Maiden and moder, cum and seThe Assumption and Mary as Queen of Heaven49 Com, my swete, com, my flour50 The infinite power essenciall51 Hayle, luminary and benigne lanterne52 Lefdy blisful, of muchel might53 Haill, quene of hevin and steren of blisMary Mediatrix54 I pray thee, lady, the moder of Crist55 Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis (O moder mylde)56 Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis (O tryclyn of the Trinité)57 Sainte Marie, virgine58 Ave maris stella, the sterre on the see59 Marie moder, wel thee be60 Thou wommon boute vere61 Marie, yow quen, yow moder, yow mayden briht62 Levedie, ic thonke thee63 Blessed beo thu, lavedi, ful of hovene blisse (Egerton)64 Blessed be thou, levedy, ful of heovene blisse (Harley 2253)65 Mary, modur of grace, we cry to theePenitential Poems66 Hayl Mari, / Hic am sori67 On hire is al mi lif ilong68 Worsshipful maiden to the world, Marie69 Hayl, oure patron and lady of erthe70 Mayden moder milde, / Oiez cel oreysounThe Joys of Mary71 Mary, for thine joys fyve72 Be glad, of al maydens flourre73 Heyle be thou, ladye so bryght74 Haile be thu, Mari maiden bright75 Heyl be thou, Marie, milde quene of hevene76 Levedy, for thare blisseChansons d'Aventure and Love Quests77 Ase y me rod this ender day78 Nou skrinketh rose ant lylie flour79 In a tabernacle of a toure80 Upon a lady my love ys lente81 Maiden in the mor lay82 Lulley, lulley (He bare hym up, he bare him down)83 Of on that is so fayr and brightPoems in Celebration of Mary84 Adam lay ibowndyn, bowndyn in a bond85 Swete and benygne moder and may86 O hie emperice and quene celestiall87 Glade us, maiden, moder milde88 Marye, mayde mylde and fre89 Ros Mary, most of vertewe virginall90 All haile, lady, mother, and virgin immaculate91 Hale, sterne superne; hale, in eterneNotesAppendices: Chaucer's Marian LyricsA An ABCB The Proheme of The Prioresse TaleC Invocacio ad Mariam, from The Second Nun's PrologueIndex of First Lines