Poems of Alexander Montgomerie And Other Pieces from Laing MS. No. 447: Supplementary Volume: Edited with Introduction, Appendices, Notes, and Glossary by George Stevenson |
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| XXXII. | XXXII. [O LORD, MY GOD, SEN I AM BROCHT TO GREITT DISTRES.] |
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XXXII. [O LORD, MY GOD, SEN I AM BROCHT TO GREITT DISTRES.]
O LORD, my god, sen I am brocht to greitt distres,
and In my bodie þair is nocht bott hewenes,
mak haist In tyme to succur me, o richteous Iudge,
sene I haue nane In eirth bott þe for my refuge.
My onlie hoip and confidence In þe is sett,
assuring me þatt myne offence sell be forȝitt,
And all my tormenttis sell tak end with suddan speid,
quhen þow sick confortt sell me send as I haue neid.
and In my bodie þair is nocht bott hewenes,
mak haist In tyme to succur me, o richteous Iudge,
sene I haue nane In eirth bott þe for my refuge.
My onlie hoip and confidence In þe is sett,
assuring me þatt myne offence sell be forȝitt,
And all my tormenttis sell tak end with suddan speid,
quhen þow sick confortt sell me send as I haue neid.
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Lord, strenthen me with patience to suffer ay
quhatt pleasis best þai excellence on me to lay,
and lett me nocht declyne att all In tyme of neid,
bott ever more on þe to call for my remeid.
help me to beir my burden, lord, for I am weik,
and lett þai strenthe and cair accord, for þai name saik.
assist me with þai holie spreitt, þat I may still,
with constantt hairtt and houp repleitt, abaid þai will.
quhatt pleasis best þai excellence on me to lay,
and lett me nocht declyne att all In tyme of neid,
bott ever more on þe to call for my remeid.
help me to beir my burden, lord, for I am weik,
and lett þai strenthe and cair accord, for þai name saik.
assist me with þai holie spreitt, þat I may still,
with constantt hairtt and houp repleitt, abaid þai will.
At leist sum pairtt, I þe beseik, to suaige my pane;
as thow artt loving, kynd, & meik, þai wrathe refrane;
Into thy iustice and iudgment deall nocht withe me,
bott, sen þat I am panitent, grantt me mercie.
Quhen strenthe and senses ar all gone, & wordis faill,
my hairtt and mynd in þe alone sell be all heill.
þai promess, nor tender love, na tyme, nor tyd,
butt of my hairtt will I remoue, nor ȝitt lett slyd.
as thow artt loving, kynd, & meik, þai wrathe refrane;
Into thy iustice and iudgment deall nocht withe me,
bott, sen þat I am panitent, grantt me mercie.
Quhen strenthe and senses ar all gone, & wordis faill,
my hairtt and mynd in þe alone sell be all heill.
þai promess, nor tender love, na tyme, nor tyd,
butt of my hairtt will I remoue, nor ȝitt lett slyd.
If þat þai pleasur be, þat I sell now depairtt,
I recommend my saull to þe with thankfull hairtt;
quhen it sell hawe ane duelling plaice with angellis hie,
to ring in hevenlie Ioy and peice perpetualie.
If þatt þai pleasure be my lyf to spair,
releif me of my miserie and presentt cair,
remeid me þat am lyk to mange, and sor opprest,
And [I] will sing þai praiss as lang as I my lest.
I recommend my saull to þe with thankfull hairtt;
quhen it sell hawe ane duelling plaice with angellis hie,
to ring in hevenlie Ioy and peice perpetualie.
If þatt þai pleasure be my lyf to spair,
releif me of my miserie and presentt cair,
remeid me þat am lyk to mange, and sor opprest,
And [I] will sing þai praiss as lang as I my lest.
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