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Our Lady of Solitude Lyrics
All summer long she touched me
She gathered in my soul
From many a thorn, from many thickets
Her fingers, like a weaver's
Quick and cool
And the light came from her body
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
And I knew her, I knew her
Face to face
And her dress was blue and silver
And her words were few and small
She is the vessel of the whole wide world
Mistress, oh mistress, of us all
Dearly dead; Queen of Solitude
I thank you with my heart
for keeping me so close to thee
while so many, oh so many, stood apart
And the light came from her body
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
I knew her, I knew her
Face to face
She gathered in my soul
From many a thorn, from many thickets
Her fingers, like a weaver's
Quick and cool
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
And I knew her, I knew her
Face to face
And her words were few and small
She is the vessel of the whole wide world
Mistress, oh mistress, of us all
I thank you with my heart
for keeping me so close to thee
while so many, oh so many, stood apart
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
I knew her, I knew her
Face to face
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Submitted by
softasfire On May 30, 2006
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He is praising Zion or Israel. "And her dress was blue and silver..." refers to the flag.
"She gathered in my soul From many a thorn, from many thickets..." refers to the gathering of the diaspora from the gentile nations.
"She is the vessel of the whole wide world..." she is God's Holy Nation, a vessle through which He would pour His righteousness onto the world.