[Ads-l] the answer to a maiden's prayer

[Peter Morris]

I'm guessing it comes from The Lady of the Lake  by Sir Walter Scott.

In this particular excerpt from the poem the heroine, Ellen Douglas, is 
in hiding and prays to the Virgin Mary. 

Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden's prayer!
Thou canst hear though from the wild,
Thou canst save amid despair. 

https://www.carols.org.uk/ave-maria.htm

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