Age after age has called her blessed

"Age after age has called her blessed" is a nineteenth-century hymn written by the English author and poet Elizabeth Charles (née Rundle).

The text was first published in her collection The Three Wakings, with Hymns and Songs (1859), where it appeared as the first entry in a sequence titled "Women of the Gospels." The individual poem was headed "Mary the Mother of Jesus" and drew its scriptural inspiration directly from the Magnificat, specifically the biblical statement that "all generations shall call me blessed" (Luke 1:48).

In her poetic exposition, Elizabeth Charles reflected on the legacy of Mary across Christian history, contrasting human praise with Mary's own humility and devotion to Christ. The poem was later adopted into congregational hymnody without textual alteration, notably being featured in Charles Busbridge Snepp's Songs of Grace and Glory (1872).