| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Hymn for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity |
| | | Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868) |
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| WHEN our heads are bow’d with woe, | |
| When our bitter tears o’erflow, | |
| When we mourn the lost, the dear: | |
| Gracious Son of Mary, hear! | |
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| Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn, | 5 |
| Thou our mortal griefs hast borne, | |
| Thou hast shed the human tear: | |
| Gracious Son of Mary, hear! | |
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| When the sullen death-bell tolls | |
| For our own departed souls— | 10 |
| When our final doom is near, | |
| Gracious Son of Mary, hear! | |
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| Thou hast bow’d the dying head, | |
| Thou the blood of life hast shed, | |
| Thou hast fill’d a mortal bier: | 15 |
| Gracious Son of Mary, hear! | |
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| When the heart is sad within | |
| With the thought of all its sin, | |
| When the spirit shrinks with fear, | |
| Gracious Son of Mary, hear! | 20 |
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| Thou the shame, the grief hast known; | |
| Though the sins were not Thine own, | |
| Thou hast deign’d their load to bear: | |
| Gracious Son of Mary, hear! | |
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