To his dear Mother Mistris DAVIS.
None can expresse the great, yet joyfull painA Mother undergoes a son to gain.
Yet since the Lord hath made my wife a mother,
I can the care, though not the pain discover.
What care have I! that those who bear my name
May be instructed well, yours was the same
For me, which was to me much hid, not known
Till now of late I had some of my own.
Now I know your pains, your cares, and your fears,
Your earnest late, and early pray'rs, and tears.
As I now handle, dandle on my knee
My son, and my daughter, so you did mee.
But oh! there's much to mine as yet not done,
Which is perform'd by you to me, your sonne
In all obedience, John Davis.