A Song-Sermon: + 

Job 14:13⁠–⁠15 + 

Rondel + 

Would that thou hid me in the grave + 

And kept me with death’s gaoler-care; + 

Until thy wrath away should wear + 

A sentence fixed thy prisoner gave! + 

I would endure with patience brave + 

So thou remembered I was there! + 

Would that thou hid me in the grave, + 

And kept me with death’s gaoler-care! + 

To see thy creature thou wouldst crave⁠— + 

Desire thy handiwork so fair; + 

Then wouldst thou call through death’s dank air + 

And I would answer from the cave! + 

Would that thou hid me in the grave, + 

And kept me with death’s gaoler-care! + 