Sunday, August 16, 2009

Mary Sidney's Hundred-Seventeenth


Psalm 117

by Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke

P raise him that aye
R emains the same:
A ll tongues display
I ehovah's fame.
S ing all that share
T his earthly ball:
H is mercies are
E xposed to all:
L ike as the word
O nce he doth give,
R olled in record,
D oth time outlive.


One thing I recently learned that I did not know was that Mary Sidney, who became Mary Herbert, was related to George Herbert (by marriage first cousin once removed, unless I'm mistaken).