From “Don Juan”
AVE MARIA! o’er the earth and sea,
That heavenliest hour of heaven is worthiest thee!

Ave Maria! blessèd be the hour,
  The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft
Have felt that moment in its fullest power
  Sink o’er the earth so beautiful and soft,
While swung the deep bell in the distant tower
  Or the faint...