| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845. | | | | Sonnet LXX | | V. Barnaby Barnes |
| | | UNTO my spirit lend an angel’s wing, | |
| By which it might mount to that place of rest, | |
| Where Paradise may mee releeve, opprest; | |
| Lend to my tongue an angel’s voice to sing | |
| Thy praise, my comfort—and for ever bring | 5 |
| My notes thereof from the bright East to West. | |
| Thy mercy lend unto my soule distrest, | |
| Thy grace unto my wits:—then shall the sling | |
| Of righteousnesse that monster Sathan kill, | |
| Who with dispaire my deare salvation dared; | 10 |
| And, like the Philistine, stoode breathing still | |
| Proud threats against my soule, for heaven prepared. | |
| At length, I like an angell shall appeare | |
| In spotless white, an angel’s crowne to weare. | | | | |
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