XII. William Hunnis. Certaine Short and Pithy Praiers vnto Iesu Christ Our Sauiour. 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.

Certaine Short and Pithy Praiers vnto Iesu Christ Our Sauiour

XII. William Hunnis


I. O IESU sweet, grant that thy grace
Alwaies so worke in mee,
I may desire the thing to doo
Most pleasing vnto thee.

O Iesu meeke, thy will be mine,	5
My will be thine also;
And that my will may follow thine
In pleasure, paine, and wo;

O Iesu, what is good for mee,
I say best known to thee:	10
Therefore according to thy will
Haue mercie now on mee.

II. O IESU, if thou do withdrawe
Thy comfort for a time,
Let not despaire take hold on mee	15
For anie sinnfull crime.

But giue me patience to abide
Thy pleasure and thy will:
For sure thy judgments all are right,
Though I be wicked still.	20

But yet a promise hast thou made
To all that trust in thee:
According to which promise, Lord,
Haue mercie now on me.

III. O IESU, oft it greeueth me,	25
And troubleth sore my mind,
That I so weake and fraile am found,
To wander with the blind.

O Iesu deare, thou lasting light,
Whose brightnesse doth excell,	30
The clearnes of thy beams send downe,
Within my heart to dwell.

O Iesu, quicken thou my soule,
That it may cleaue to thee,
And for thy painefull passion sake	35
Haue mercie now on me.