Ave maris stella

[9] The popular modern hymn Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star, is loosely based on this plainsong original.

The Latin text of the hymn as authorized for use in the Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Rite (Ordinary Form) is the following:[10] Ave, maris stella, Dei mater alma, atque semper virgo, Felix cæli porta.

Solve vincla reis, profer lumen cæcis, mala nostra pelle, bona cuncta posce.

Sit laus Deo Patri, summo Christo decus, Spiritui Sancto tribus honor unus.

Loosen the chains of the guilty, Send forth light to the blind, Our evil do thou dispel, Entreat (for us) all good things.

[15] Renaissance settings include those by Hans Leo Hassler, Felice Anerio, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Guillaume Dufay and William Byrd.

Modern composers who have either set the text or used the hymn as an inspiration include Marcel Dupré, Flor Peeters, Peter Maxwell Davies, Grace Williams, James MacMillan, Jean Langlais, and others.