Mother of Grace poem

I read the poem below here and it just really spoke to me as a mother especially.  I've always loved Our Lady, but since becoming a mother myself, I just somehow love and admire her even more.  Enjoy!

Mother of Grace

Whom earth, and sea, and sky proclaim 

The Ruler of their triple fame - 

He unto Whom their praises rise 

Within the womb of Mary lies.

O happy Mother that thou art! 

Close underneath thy beating heart 

Lies thy Creator-God Who plann'd 

The world He holds within His hand.

Blest by the herald Angel's tongue, 

O'er thee God's shadowing Spirit hung, 

And fill'd thy womb whence issued forth 

The long-desir'd of all the earth.

O Mary, Mother of all Grace, 

Mother of Mercy to our race, 

Protect us now from Satan's power, 

And own us at life's closing hour.

From the Little Office 

George S. Brady. Mary in Song and in Prayer. 

Virginia: George S. Brady, 1972.