Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886)Lord, many times I am aweary quite
| LORD, many times I am aweary quite | |
| Of mine own self, my sin, my vanity— | |
| Yet be not Thou, or I am lost outright, | |
| Weary of me. | |
| And hate against myself I often bear, | 5 |
| And enter with myself in fierce debate: | |
| Take Thou my part against myself, nor share | |
| In that just hate. | |
| Best friends might loathe us, if what things perverse | |
| We know of our own selves, they also knew: | 10 |
| Lord, Holy One! if Thou who knowest worse | |
| Shouldst loathe us too! | |