| Herbert J.C. Grierson, ed. (1886–1960). Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the 17th C. 1921. |
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| John Hall |
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| 115. A Pastorall Hymne |
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| HAPPY Choristers of Aire, | |
| Who by your nimble flight draw neare | |
| His throne, whose wondrous story | |
| And unconfined glory | |
| Your notes still Caroll, whom your sound | 5 |
| And whom your plumy pipes rebound. | |
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| Yet do the lazy Snailes no lesse | |
| The greatnesse of our Lord confesse, | |
| And those whom weight hath chain'd | |
| And to the Earth restrain'd, | 10 |
| Their ruder voices do as well, | |
| Yea and the speechlesse Fishes tell. | |
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| Great Lord, from whom each Tree receaves, | |
| Then paies againe as rent, his leaves; | |
| Thou dost in purple set | 15 |
| The Rose and Violet, | |
| And giv'st the sickly Lilly white, | |
| Yet in them all, thy name dost write. | |
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