Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.
Stanzas from Davids OdeLXXI. Francis Sabie
O
And heauenly things;
O mighty Founder of the earthly mole,
Chiefe King of kings;
Whose gentle pardon euermore is nere
To them which crie unfaynedly with feare:
Distrest with sin
I now begin
To come to thee: O Lord, giue eare.
Enuirond round
With seraphins and angels manie one,
Thy praise who sound:
Such fauour, Lord, on me vouchsafe to send
As on thy chosen flock thou doest extend:
To thee alone
I make my mone:
Some pittie, Father, on me send.
To send redresse:
My sore will grow, vnlesse thou help with speed,
Remedilesse:
Therefore in mercie looke down from aboue,
And visit me with thy heart-joying loue:
Alas! I see
No cause in me
Which vnto pittie may thee moue.