The Poetical Works of John Skelton principally according to the edition of the Rev. Alexander Dyce. In three volumes |
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PRAYER TO THE FATHER OF HEAUEN.
O radiant Luminary of lyght intermynable,
Celestial Father, potenciall God of myght,
Of heauen and earth, O Lord incomperable,
Of all perfections the essencial most perfyght!
O Maker of mankynde, that formyd day and nyghte,
Whose power imperyal comprehendeth euery place!
Myne hert, my mynde, my thought, my hole delyght
Is, after this lyfe, to see thy glorious face:
Celestial Father, potenciall God of myght,
Of heauen and earth, O Lord incomperable,
Of all perfections the essencial most perfyght!
O Maker of mankynde, that formyd day and nyghte,
Whose power imperyal comprehendeth euery place!
Myne hert, my mynde, my thought, my hole delyght
Is, after this lyfe, to see thy glorious face:
Whose magnifycence is incomprehensybyll,
All argumentes of reason which far doth excede,
Whose Deite dowtles is indiuysybyll,
From whom all goodnes and vertue doth procede;
Of thy support all creatures haue nede:
Assyst me, good Lord, and graunte me of thy grace.
To lyue to thy pleasure in word, thoughte, and dede,
And, after this lyfe, to see thy glorious face.
All argumentes of reason which far doth excede,
Whose Deite dowtles is indiuysybyll,
From whom all goodnes and vertue doth procede;
Of thy support all creatures haue nede:
Assyst me, good Lord, and graunte me of thy grace.
To lyue to thy pleasure in word, thoughte, and dede,
And, after this lyfe, to see thy glorious face.
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