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Lord, thou hast given me a cell,
A little house, whose humble roofIs weather proof;Under the spars of which I lieBoth soft and dry;Where thou, my chamber for to ward,Hast set a guardOf harmless thoughts, to watch and keepMe, while I sleep.Low is my porch, as is my fate;Both void of state;And yet the threshold of my doorIs worn by th’ poor,Who…
No wrath of men, or rage of seas,
No threats of tyrants, or the grimVisage of them can alter him;But what he doth at first intend,That he holds firmly to the end.
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree,
Your date is not so past,But you may stay yet here a-while,To blush and gently smile;And go at last.What, were ye born to beAn hour or half’s delight;And so to bid good-night?‘Twas pity Nature brought ye forth,Merely to show your worth,And lose you quite.But you are lovely leaves, where weMay read how soon things haveTheir…
Not all thy flushing suns are set,
Nor doth this far-drawn hemisphereFrown and look sullen ev’rywhere.Days may conclude in nights, and suns may restAs dead within the west ;Yet, the next morn, regild the fragrant east.Alas ! for me, that I have lostE’en all almost ;Sunk is my sight, set is my sun,And all the loom of life undone :The staff, the…
Every time seems short to be
But one half-hour that’s made up hereWith grief, seems longer than a year.
One silent night of late,
Came one unto my gate,And knocking, me molested.Who’s that, said I, beats there,And troubles thus the sleepy?Cast off; said he, all fear,And let not locks thus keep ye.For I a boy am, whoBy moonless nights have swerved;And all with showers wet through,And e’en with cold half starved.I pitiful arose,And soon a taper lighted;And did myself…