Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.
Stanzas from Choros AngelorvmI. King James I.
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Hallelviah on hie,
With euery elder that doth bow,
Before the Lambe, his knee:
Sing foure and twentie all with vs,
While heauen and earth resound,
Replenish’d with Jehoua’s praise,
Whose like cannot be found.
For he it is that is and was
And euermore shall be,
Our only One vnseparate,
And yet in persons three.
The heauen, the earth, and all,
And euer hath preserued them since
From their ruine and fall.
But praise him more, if more can be,
That so he loues his name,
As he doth mercie shew to all
That doe professe the same.