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The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden

With "A Cypresse Grove": Edited by L. E. Kastner

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xiv. Hymn for Friday.
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The attribution of this poem is questionable.

God, from whose Work Mankind did spring,
Who all in Rule dost only keep,
Bidding the dry Land forth to bring
All kind of Beasts which on it creep;
Who hast made subject to Man's Hand
Great Bodies of each mighty Thing,
That taking Life from thy Command,
They might in Order serve their King;
From us thy Servants (Lord) expel
Those Errors which Uncleanness breeds,
Which either in our Manners dwell,
Or mix themselves among our Deeds.
Give the Rewards of joyful Life,
The plenteous Gifts of Grace encrease,
Dissolve the cruel Bonds of Strife,
Knit fast the happy League of Peace.
Dear Father, etc.