O hearken, Lord, unto my suitAnd my petition sign.Into Thy everlasting arms Of mercyI commend Thy servant, Lord.Keep and preserve My husband,my dear friend.At Thy command, O Lord, he went,Nor nought could keep him back.Then let Thy promise joy his heart,O help and be not slack.Uphold my heart in Thee, O God.Thou art my strength…
My troubles all are Thee before,My longings and my fears.Thou hitherto hast been my God;Thy help my soul hath found.Though loss and sickness me assailed,Through Thee I’ve kept my ground.And Thy abode Thou’st made with me;With Thee my soul can talk;In secret places Thee I findWhere I do kneel or walk.Though husband dear be from…
But stay this once, unto my suit give ear,And tell my griefs in either Hemisphere:(And if the whirling of thy wheels do n’t drown’dThe woful accents of my doleful sound),If in thy swift career thou canst make stay,I crave this boon, this errand by the way:Commend me to the man more lov’d than life,Show him…
My Teares to smiles, my sad to glad:He’s come for whom I waited long.Thou di’st preserve him as he went;In raging stormes did’st safely keep:Did’st that ship bring to quiet Port.The other sank low in the Deep.From Dangers great thou did’st him freeOf Pyrates who were neer at hand;And order’st so the adverse wind,That he…
Of four times four the last Quaternion,The Winter, Summer, Autumn & the Spring,In season all these Seasons I shall bring:Sweet Spring like man in his Minority,At present claim’d, and had priority.With smiling face and garments somewhat green,She trim’d her locks, which late had frosted been,Nor hot nor cold, she spake, but with a breath,Fit to…
But stay this once, unto my suit give ear,And tell my griefs in either hemisphere.(And if the whirling of thy wheels don’t drown’d)The woeful accents of my doleful sound,If in thy swift carrier thou canst make stay,I crave this boon, this errand by the way,Commend me to the man more loved than life,Show him the…
My waking eyes were open keptAnd so to lie I found it best.I sought Him whom my soul did love,With tears I sought Him earnestly;He bowed His ear down from above.In vain I did not seek or cry.My hungry soul He filled with good,He in His bottle put my tears,My smarting wounds washed in His…
Three flours, two searcely blown, the last i’th’ bud,Cropt by th’Almighties hand; yet is he good,With dreadful awe before him let’s be mute,Such was his will, but why, let’s not dispute,With humble hearts and mouths put in the dust,Let’s say he’s merciful as well as just.He will return, and make up all our losses,And smile…
When in my flesh no part was sovnd,Then didst thou rid me out.My burning flesh in sweat did boyle,My aking head did break;From side to side for ease I toyle,So faint I could not speak.Beclouded was my Soul with fearOf thy Displeasure sore,Nor could I read my EvidenceWhich oft I read before.Hide not thy face…
1.2 Yet thy loud Herald Fame, doth to the sky1.3 Thy wondrous worth proclaim, in every clime,1.4 And so has vow’d, whilst there is world or time.1.5 So great’s thy glory, and thine excellence,1.6 The sound thereof raps every human sense1.7 That men account it no impiety1.8 To say thou wert a fleshly Deity.1.9 Thousands…
