204AND WILT THOU PARDON, LORD.
The following Stanzas are a Cento from the Canon for the Monday of the
First Tone, in the Paracletice.
6,6,8,6
Joseph of the Studium
των αμαρτιων μου την πληθυν.
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And wilt Thou pardon, LORD,
A sinner such as I?
Although Thy book his crimes record
Of such a crimson dye?
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So deep are they engraved,—
So terrible their fear,
The righteous scarcely shall be saved,
And where shall I appear?
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My soul, make all things known
To Him Who all things sees:
That so the LAMB may yet atone
For thine iniquities.
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O Thou Physician blest,
Make clean my guilty soul!
And me, by many a sin oppressed,
Restore, and keep me whole!
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I know not how to praise
Thy mercy and Thy love:
But deign Thy servant to upraise,
And I shall learn above!
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[In Mr. Young’s book. Composed by Dr. Schroeder.]
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