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 | Poems by Robert Gomersall |  |
The Israelites are wiser farre, although
They have that unknowne happinesse, to know
Their victory aforehand, though they heare
This truth from him, from whom they cannot feare
Any deceit, (whose powerfull word alone
Makes that a truth which he resolves upon,)
Although they will allow his Act for chiefe,
Yet they will doe their part too: to be briefe,
Every soldier to himselfe sayes thus;
God will bestow the victory, but by us.
They have that unknowne happinesse, to know
Their victory aforehand, though they heare
This truth from him, from whom they cannot feare
Any deceit, (whose powerfull word alone
Makes that a truth which he resolves upon,)
Although they will allow his Act for chiefe,
Yet they will doe their part too: to be briefe,
Every soldier to himselfe sayes thus;
God will bestow the victory, but by us.
| Poems by Robert Gomersall | |