Poem composed by Queen Mary in view of her Approaching Death.
Reading edition
O Domine Deus, speravi in te! O care mi Jesu, nunc libera me! In dura catena, in misera poena, Languendo, gemendo, et genu flectendo, Adoro, imploro ut liberes me. Tr. Mr. Swinburne, Mary Stuart, Act V. O Lord my God, I have trusted in thee; O Jesu my dearest one, Now set me free. In prison's oppression, In sorrow's obsession, I weary for thee. With sighing and crying, Bowed down as dying, I adore thee, I implore thee, set me free!
PARTING WITH ROBERT MELVILLE