The Lady of the Lake (poem) entitled "Sieben Gesänge aus Walter Scotts "Fräulein am See"" (Seven songs from Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake"). This includes the three "Ellen songs": "Ellens Gesang I", "Ellens Gesang II", and "Ellens Gesang III." Owing to its opening words, "Ave Maria", "Ellens Gesang III" is sometimes also referred to as "Schubert's Ave Maria". However, the music has become more famous in a later adaptation that replaced the Scott/Storck text with the Latin text of the Catholic "Ave Maria" ("Hail Mary") prayer. Other songs from the poem set by Schubert are "The Boat-Song" beginning with the famous lines "Hail to the
Mary Help of Christians Mary Help of Christians Mary Help of Christians (; ; Filipino: "Maria, Mapag-ampon sa mga Kristiyano"), is a Roman Catholic Marian devotion with a feast day celebrated on May 24. Saint John Chrysostom was the first person to use this Marian title in year 345 as a devotion to the Virgin Mary. Don Bosco also propagated Marian devotion under this title. The title of "Mary Help of Christians" is associated with the defense of Christian Europe (Latin and Greek), the north of Africa and the Middle East from non-Christian peoples during the Middle Age. In 1572, during the expansion of