The Whole Works of William Browne of Tavistock ... Now first collected and edited, with a memoir of the poet, and notes, by W. Carew Hazlitt, of the Inner Temple |
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[RELIGIOUS VERSES.]
Behold, O God, IN RIvers of my tearesI come to the: bow downe thy blessed eares
To heare me wretch, and let thine eyes (wth sleepe
Did neuer close) behold a Sinner weepe:
Let not, O God, My God, my faults though Great
And numberlesse, betw Ween thy mercyes Seat
And my poore soule be tHrown! since we are taught
Thou, Lord, Remember'st thyne, IF Thou be Sought.
I coME not, Lord, witH any o Ther meritt
Then What I by my SAviour Christ inheritt:
Be thEN his woundS my balm; his sTRIpes my blisse;
My crowne his Thornes; my deaTh be loSt in his.
And thOU, my blesT Redeemer, SAviour, God,
Quitt my AcCOMpts, withHold the vengefull rod.
O beg for ME! my hOpes on Thee are sett;
And ChriSt forgiVe, aswell as pay tHe debt.
The liviNg fount, the liFe, the waYe, I know,
And but To thee, O whither Should I goe?
All oTher helps aRe vaine: grantE thine to mee,
For in tHy Crosse my Sauing heaLth must bee.
O hearKen then whAt I with Faith implore,
Least Sin & Death sincke me for Evermore.
Lastly, O God, my wayes direct And guide;
In Death defeNd me, that I neuer slyde;
And at the dooME Let Me be raisd O then,
To liuE with theE; sweet JesVS, say Amen.
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