XIV. Sir Nicholas Breton. A Prayer Written for a Gentlewoman. Edward Farr, ed. 1845. Select Poetry, Chiefly Devotional, of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

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

A Prayer Written for a Gentlewoman

XIV. Sir Nicholas Breton


PITIE, oh Lord, thy seruaunt’s heavy heart;
Her sinnes forgiue, that thus for mercy cryes:
Judge no man, Lorde, according to desart;
Let fall on her with speede thy healthfull eyes,
In hart who prayes to thee continually,	5
Putting her only trust, O 1 God, in Thee!
Lorde! Lorde! to Thee for mercy still I call:
O set me free, that thus am bound and thrall.

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