| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Psalme CXXV | | VI. Sir Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke |
| | Qui confidunt.
AS Sion standeth, very firmly stedfast, | |
| Never once shaking; soe on high Jehova | |
| Who his hope buildeth, very firmly stedfast | |
| Ever abideth. | |
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| As Salem braveth with her hilly bullwarkes | 5 |
| Roundly enforted; soe the greate Jehova | |
| Closeth his servantes, as a hilly bullwark | |
| Ever abiding. | |
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| Though tirantes’ hard yoke with a heavy pressure | |
| Wring the just shoulders, but a while it holdeth, | 10 |
| Lest the best minded by too hard abusing | |
| Bend to abuses. | |
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| As the well-workers, soe the right beleevers, | |
| Lord, favour further: but a vaine deceiver, | |
| Whose wryed footing not aright directed | 15 |
| Wandreth in error; | |
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| Lord, hym abjected set among the number, | |
| Whose doings lawlesse study bent to mischiefe | |
| Mischief expecteth; but upon thy chosen | |
| Peace be for ever. | 20 | | | |
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