The Example of Vertu / The Example of Virtue

by Stephen Hawes

And so hath ben without begynnynge

And euer shall be without endynge

Whan we were in the ayre of asure

There dyd vs mete the noble Ierarchy

As Cherubyn and Seraphyn so pure

With other aungels in theyr company

That dyd proclayme & synge on hye

With voyce insacyat moost melodyous

To god aboue Sanctus sanctus sanctus

There dyd I se the planettes seuen