The Poetical Works of John Milton


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In thee fresh brooks, and soft streams glance  
And all my fountains clear.  
PSAL. LXXXVIII  
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LORD God that dost me save and keep,  
All day to thee I cry;  
And all night long, before thee weep  
Before thee prostrate lie.  
Into thy presence let my praier  
With sighs devout ascend  
And to my cries, that ceaseless are,  
Thine ear with favour bend.  
For cloy'd with woes and trouble store  
Surcharg'd my Soul doth lie,  
My life at death's uncherful dore  
Unto the grave draws nigh.  
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Reck'n'd I am with them that pass  
Down to the dismal pit  
I am a *man, but weak alas  
And for that name unfit.  
* Heb. A man without manly  
strength.  
From life discharg'd and parted quite  
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