Religion
Monday before Easter
From Hymns of Love and Praise (1866)
Mercy, mercy, God the Father!
God the Son, he thou my plea!
God the Holy Spirit, comfort!
Triune God, deliver me!
Not my sins, O Lord, remember.
Nor Thine own avenger he;
But, for Thy great tender mercies,
Saviour God, deliver me I
By Thy holy Incarnation,
By its awful mystery.
By Thy Birth and Circumcision,
Saviour God, deliver me!
By Thy Baptism in Jordan,
When the Dove came down on Thee,
By Thy Fasting and Temptation,
Saviour God, deliver me!
By Thy Cross, and hy Thy Passion,
Bloody sweat and agony.
By Thy precious Death and Burial,
Saviour God, deliver me!
By Thy glorious Resurrection,
Thine Ascent in Heav'n to be.
By the Holy Spirit's coming.
Saviour God, deliver me!
In all time of tribulation.
In the world's prosperity,
In death's hour, and at the Judgment,
Saviour God, deliver me!
Codex Note
Text: Bow down Thine ear to me : make haste to deliver me. — Ps. xxxi. 2.
Cite this poem
MLA
Monsell, John S. B. “Monday before Easter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/122/.
Chicago
Monsell, John S. B. “Monday before Easter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/122/.
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