 | Saint Peters complaint (1595) |  |
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I dye aliue.
O life what lets thee from a quicke decease?
O death what drawes thee from a present pray?
My feast is done my soule would be at ease,
My grace is said, ô death come take away.
O death what drawes thee from a present pray?
My feast is done my soule would be at ease,
My grace is said, ô death come take away.
I liue, but such a life as euer dies,
I die but such a death, as neuer ends,
My death to end my dying life denies,
And life my liuing death no whit amends.
I die but such a death, as neuer ends,
My death to end my dying life denies,
And life my liuing death no whit amends.
Thus still I dye, yet still I do reuiue,
My liuing death by dying life is fed:
Grace more then nature keepes my hart aliue,
VVhose idle hopes and vaine desires are dead.
My liuing death by dying life is fed:
Grace more then nature keepes my hart aliue,
VVhose idle hopes and vaine desires are dead.
Not where I breath, but where I loue I liue,
Not where I loue, but where I am I dye:
The life I wish, must future glory giue,
The deathes I feele, in present dangers lye.
Not where I loue, but where I am I dye:
The life I wish, must future glory giue,
The deathes I feele, in present dangers lye.
| Saint Peters complaint (1595) | |