The Prayer of Queen Esther
João Pinto Delgado
17th Century
Meanwhile the queen, wracked by internal anguish,
invites the king and Haman to her banquet
and in joyous hope awaits the sacred stream
of divine mercy form the holy fount-head;
her humble soul bowed low beside the torrents
from a boundless source, her eyes are flowing springs.
That element which from the abundant vein
of a highmost spring…
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