| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Psalme CXXVII | | VI. Sir Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke |
| | Nisi Dominus.
THE HOUSE Jehova builds not | |
| We vainly strive to build it; | |
| The towne Jehova guards not | |
| We vainly watch to guard it. | |
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| No use of early rising; | 5 |
| As uselesse is thy watching: | |
| Not aught at all it helpes thee | |
| To eate thy bread with anguish. | |
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| As unto weary sences | |
| A sleepie rest unasked; | 10 |
| So bounty cometh uncaus’d | |
| From him to his beloved. | |
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| Noe, not thy children hast thou | |
| By choise, by chaunce, by nature; | |
| They are, they are Jehova’s, | 15 |
| Rewardes from him rewarding. | |
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| The multitude of infantes, | |
| A good man holdes, resembleth | |
| The multitude of arrowes, | |
| A mighty archer holdeth. | 20 |
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| Hys happines triumpheth, | |
| Who beares a quiver of them: | |
| Noe countenance of haters | |
| Shall unto him be dreadfull. | | | | |
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