| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | The Faithfull Souldiour of Christe Desireth Assistance of God against His Ghostly Enemies | | XV. John Hall, M.D. |
| | | HEREOUT, O Lorde, the right request | |
| Of him, that faine would haue redrest | |
| The wronges that are so sore increst | |
| Within my soule, so sore opprest. | |
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| O Lorde, to thee with wofull crye | 5 |
| I call for grace and for mercy; | |
| And if thou helpe not then truly, | |
| In deadly wo remayn must I. | |
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| The world, the diuell, death, and hell, | |
| With great assaultes against me swell: | 10 |
| Lorde, let thy grace in me excell | |
| Against their fury fierce and fell. | |
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| O Lorde my God, to thee I praye, | |
| Suffer me not to goe astraye, | |
| And haue in mynde the pryce and day | 15 |
| Wherewith thou didste my ransome pay. | |
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| Oh haue in mynde thine own great cost, | |
| And let not this thy payne be lost: | |
| In thee, O Lorde, my trust is most | |
| To dwell among thy holy host. | 20 |
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| Thou knowst wherin my help doth stand, | |
| Whereuer I be on sea or lande: | |
| Good Lorde, put to thy helping hand, | |
| Saue me from hell, that fierce fyrebrand. | | | | |
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