A friendly Neighbor, pitiful to poor,Whom oft she fed, and clothed with her store;To Servants wisely aweful, but yet kind,And as they did, so they reward did find:A true Instructer of her Family,The which she ordered with dexterity.The publick meetings ever did frequent,And in her Closet constant hours she spent;Religious in all her words and…
Who hath restor’d, redeem’d, recur’dFrom sicknes, death, and Pain.I cry’d thov seem’st to make some stay,I sovght more earnestly;And in due time thou succóur’st me,And sent’st me help from High.Lord, whilst my fleeting time shall last,Thy Goodnes let me Tell.And new Experience I haue gain’d,My future Doubts repell.An humble, faitefull life, O Lord,For ever let…
I waken’d was with thund’ring noiseAnd piteous shrieks of dreadful voice.That fearful sound of ‘fire’ and ‘fire,’Let no man know is my Desire.I starting up, the light did spy,And to my God my heart did cryTo straighten me in my DistressAnd not to leave me succourless.Then coming out, behold a spaceThe flame consume my dwelling…
What you have been, ev’n such have I before,And all you say, say I, and something more.Babe’s innocence, Youth’s wildness I have seen,And in perplexed Middle-age have been,Sickness, dangers, and anxieties have past,And on this Stage am come to act my last.I have been young, and strong, and wise as youBut now, Bis pueri senes…
My thanks how shall I testify?O Lord, Thou know’st I’m weak.I owe so much, so little canReturn unto Thy name,Confusion seizes on my soul,And I am filled with shame.O Thou that hearest prayers, Lord,To Thee shall come all fleshThou hast me heard and answered,My plaints have had access.What did I ask for but Thou gav’st?What…
And leaues the naked Trees doe dresse,The earth all black is cloth’d in green;At svn-shine each their joy expresse.My Svns returned with healing wings.My Soul and Body doth rejoice;My heart exvlts, and praises singsTo him that heard my wailing Voice.My winters past, my stormes are gone,And former clowdes seem now all fled;But, if they mvst…
I heard two sisters reason onThings that are past and things to come.One Flesh was call’d, who had her eyeOn worldly wealth and vanity;The other Spirit, who did rearHer thoughts unto a higher sphere.‘Sister,’ quoth Flesh, ‘what liv’st thou onNothing but Meditation?Doth Contemplation feed thee soRegardlessly to let earth go?Can Speculation satisfyNotion without Reality?Dost dream…
Farewell fair flower that for a space was lent,Then ta’en away unto eternity.Blest babe why should I once bewail thy fate,Or sigh the days so soon were terminate;Sith* thou art settled in an everlasting state. *SinceBy nature trees do rot when they are grown.And plums and apples thoroughly ripe do fall,And corn and grass are…
Upon thy places mountainous and high,How did the Mighty fall, and falling dye?In Gath let not this things be spoken on,Nor published in streets of Askalon,Lest daughters of the Philistines rejoyce,Lest the uncircumcis’d lift up their voice.O Gilbo Mounts, let never pearled dew,Nor fruitfull showres your barren tops bestrew,Nor fields of offrings ever on you…
A worthy matron of unspotted life,A loving mother and obedient wife,A friendly neighbor, pitiful to poor,Whom oft she fed, and clothed with her store;To servants wisely aweful, but yet kind,And as they did, so they reward did find:A true instructor of her family,The which she ordered with dexterity,The public meetings ever did frequent,And in her…
