O Domine Deus - Mary, Queen of Scots

Lord and my Saviour

My hope is in thee; 

Dear Jesus, I pray thee

Deliver thou me; 

In chains that are galling, 

In sorrows appalling,

My will is with thee; 

Lord, look on me kneeling 

And hear my appealing, 

Adoring, imploring 

That I may be free.

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Mary, Queen of Scots [Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland] (1542 – 1587) Scotland

Translated by Daniel Joseph Donahoe

Source: Early Christian Hymns: Series II. Translations of the Verses of the Most Noted Latin Writers of the Early and Middle Ages, edited by Daniel Joseph Donahoe, Donahoe Publishing Company, 1911