Occasional Verses of Edward Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbery and Castle-Island Deceased in August, 1648 |
Echo in a Church.
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Occasional Verses of Edward Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbery and Castle-Island | ||
Echo in a Church.
When shall my troubled soul, at large
Discharge
The burden of her sins, oh where?
Echo
Discharge
The burden of her sins, oh where?
Here.
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Whence comes this voice I hear?
Who doth this grace afford?
If it be thou, O Lord,
Say, if thou hear my prayers when I call.
Echo
Who doth this grace afford?
If it be thou, O Lord,
Say, if thou hear my prayers when I call.
All.
And wilt thou pity grant when I do cry.
Echo
I.
Then though I fall,
Thy Grace will my defects supply,
But who will keep my soul from ill,
Quench bad desires, reform my Will?
Echo
Thy Grace will my defects supply,
But who will keep my soul from ill,
Quench bad desires, reform my Will?
I will.
O may that will and voice be blest,
Which yields such comforts unto one distrest,
More blessed yet, would'st thou thy self unmask,
Or tell, at least, who undertakes this task.
Echo
Which yields such comforts unto one distrest,
More blessed yet, would'st thou thy self unmask,
Or tell, at least, who undertakes this task.
Ask.
Since now with crying I am grown so weak,
I shall want force even to crave thy name,
O speak before I wholly weary am.
Echo
I shall want force even to crave thy name,
O speak before I wholly weary am.
I am
Occasional Verses of Edward Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbery and Castle-Island | ||