[ 1] O God, the spring of all my joys,
For thee I long, to thee I look:
No chased Hart do's pant so much
After the cooling Water-brook.
[ 2] Less grief it is to be exil'd
From mine own house, O Lord than thine:
O how I wish t'approach that place,
Where all thy Glories use to shine.
[ 3] The sorrows of my Banishment
Increase, and tears become my food,
Whilst mine insulting foes reproach
My Faith, and say, where's now thy God?
[ 4] Past joys renew my grief, to think
How to thine House in Troops we came;
What chearful Feasts we kept, and sang
Praises in consort to thy Name.
[ 5] Why should I cherish these sad thoughts,
Whence nothing but disquiet flows?
The Psalms of David in meter fitted to the tunes used in parish-churches / by John Patrick ...
About this Item
- Title
- The Psalms of David in meter fitted to the tunes used in parish-churches / by John Patrick ...
- Author
- Patrick, John, 1632-1695.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for A. and J. Churchill ... and L. Meredith ...,
- 1694.
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- Subject terms
- Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
- Psalters.
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"The Psalms of David in meter fitted to the tunes used in parish-churches / by John Patrick ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A27944.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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Page 97
Since you procure not what I wish,
Why should you hinder my repose?
I've learnt this Remedy at last;
To keep my passions calm and still,
I'm nearer Help by hope in God,
And Resignation to his will.
[ 6] While thus exil'd I wander from
This Mountain to the other Hill,
Grief do's oppress me: but the thoughts
Of thy great Goodness, chear me still.