A Collection of Miscellanies Consisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses & Letters, Occasionally Written. By John Norris ... The Second Edition Corrected |
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The Resignation.
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The Resignation.
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Long have I view'd, long have I thought,And held with trembling hand this bitter Draught;
'Twas now just to my Lips applied,
Nature shrank in, and all my Courage dy'd.
But now Resolv'd, and firm I'll be,
Since Lord, 'tis mingled, and reach'd out by thee.
II
I'll trust my great Physician's skill,I know what he prescribes can ne're be ill;
To each Disease he knows what's fit,
I own him wise and good, and do submit.
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Since 'tis thy pleasure Lord, it shall be mine.
III
Thy Med'cine put's me to great smart,Thou'st wounded me in my most tender part;
But 'tis with a design to cure,
I must and will thy Sovereign touch endure.
All that I priz'd below is gone,
But yet I still will pray, thy will be done.
IV
Since 'tis thy sentence I should partWith the most precious treasure of my heart,
I freely that and more resign,
My heart it self, as its Delight, is thine,
My little All I give to thee,
Thou gav'st a greater gift, thy Son, to me.
V
He left true Bliss and Joys above,Himself he emptied of all good, but love:
For me he freely did forsake
More good, than he from me can ever take.
A mortal life for a Divine
He took, and did at last even that resign.
VI
Take all great God, I will not grieve,But still will wish, that I had still to give.
I hear thy voice, thou bid'st me quit
My Paradise, I bless and do submit.
I will not murmur at thy word,
Nor beg thy Angel to sheath up his Sword.
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