The Poetical Works of John Milton


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With pale and hollow eyes?  
1 Shall they thy loving kindness tell  
On whom the grave hath hold,  
Or they who in perdition dwell  
Thy faithfulness unfold?  
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2 In darkness can thy mighty hand  
Or wondrous acts be known,  
Thy justice in the gloomy land  
Of dark oblivion?  
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3 But I to thee O Lord do cry  
E're yet my life be spent,  
And up to thee my praier doth hie  
Each morn, and thee prevent.  
4 Why wilt thou Lord my soul forsake,  
And hide thy face from me,  
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5 That am already bruis'd, and *shake  
*Heb. Prae Concussione.  
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With terror sent from thee;  
Bruz'd, and afflicted and so low  
As ready to expire,  
While I thy terrors undergo  
Astonish'd with thine ire.  
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6 Thy fierce wrath over me doth flow  
Thy threatnings cut me through.  
7 All day they round about me go,  
Like waves they me persue.  
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