LXXI. Francis Sabie. Stanzas from "David's Ode." Edward Farr, ed. 1845. Select Poetry, Chiefly Devotional, of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

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Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.

Stanzas from “David’s Ode”

LXXI. Francis Sabie


O GREAT 1 Creator of the starrie pole
And heauenly things;
O mighty Founder of the earthly mole,
Chiefe King of kings;
Whose gentle pardon euermore is nere	5
To them which crie unfaynedly with feare:
Distrest with sin
I now begin
To come to thee: O Lord, giue eare.

O Lord, look down from thy chrystallin throne	10
Enuirond round
With seraphins and angels manie one,
Thy praise who sound:
Such fauour, Lord, on me vouchsafe to send
As on thy chosen flock thou doest extend:	15
To thee alone
I make my mone:
Some pittie, Father, on me send.

Remember, Lord, that it is more then need
To send redresse:	20
My sore will grow, vnlesse thou help with speed,
Remedilesse:
Therefore in mercie looke down from aboue,
And visit me with thy heart-joying loue:
Alas! I see	25
No cause in me
Which vnto pittie may thee moue.

Note 1. LXXI. Francis Sabie.—He was the author of some sacred poems entitled “Adam’s Complaint: The Old Worlde’s Tragedie: Dauid and Bathseba,” which appeared in 1596. He was the author also of some secular works in hexameters and blank verse. [back]

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