| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Psalme XIII | | VI. Sir Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke |
| | Usque quo, Domine?
HOW long, O Lord, shall I forgotten be? | |
| What, ever? | |
| How long wilt thou thy hidden face from me | |
| Dissever? | |
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| How long shall I consult with carefull sprite | 5 |
| In anguish? | |
| How long shall I with foes’ triumphant might | |
| Thus languish? | |
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| Behold me, Lord; let to thy hearing creep | |
| My crying: | 10 |
| Nay, give me eyes and light, least that I sleep | |
| In dying: | |
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| Least my foe bragg, that in my ruyne he | |
| Prevailed; | |
| And at my fall they joy that, troublous, me | 15 |
| Assailed. | |
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| Noe! noe! I trust on thee, and joy in thy | |
| Greate pitty: | |
| Still, therefore, of thy graces shall be my | |
| Song’s ditty. | 20 | | | |
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