Bring Flowers of the Rarest

"Bring Flowers of the Rarest" (also known as the Fairest) is a Marian hymn written by Mary E. Walsh. It was published as the "Crowning Hymn" in the Wreath of Mary 1871/1883 and later in St. Basil's Hymnal (1889).^{[citation needed]} The hymn is frequently sung during a May Crowning service, one of several May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary.^[1]^[2]

^ Jones, Noel (2009) Catholic Online: Catholic PRWire - Composer of Bring Flowers Of The Fairest No Longer Unknown (Accessed Jan. 2015)
^ Budwey, S. A. (2012). Mary, Star of Hope: Marian Congregational Song as an Expression of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the United States from 1854 to 2010. The Hymn, 63(2), 7.

[1] Jones, Noel (2009) Catholic Online: Catholic PRWire - Composer of Bring Flowers Of The Fairest No Longer Unknown (Accessed Jan. 2015)

[2] Budwey, S. A. (2012). Mary, Star of Hope: Marian Congregational Song as an Expression of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the United States from 1854 to 2010. The Hymn, 63(2), 7.

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