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64. On Samuel's Return from England
BY ANNE BRADSTREET (1657)
ALL praise to Him who hath now turned
My fears to joy, my sighs to song,
My tears to smiles, my sad to glad,
He's come for whom I waited long.
My fears to joy, my sighs to song,
My tears to smiles, my sad to glad,
He's come for whom I waited long.
Thou did'st preserve him where he went,
On raging seas did safely keep,
Did'st that ship bring to quiet port,
While others sank into the deep.
On raging seas did safely keep,
Did'st that ship bring to quiet port,
While others sank into the deep.
From dangers great Thou did'st him save
Of pirates who were near at hand;
And ordered so the adverse wind
That he before them got to land.[222]
Of pirates who were near at hand;
And ordered so the adverse wind
That he before them got to land.[222]
On eagle's wings him hither brought
Through wanton dangers manifold;
And thus hath granted my request
That I Thy mercies might behold.
Through wanton dangers manifold;
And thus hath granted my request
That I Thy mercies might behold.
O help me pay my vows, O Lord,
That ever I may thankful be,
And may put him in mind of what
Thou did for him, and so for me.
That ever I may thankful be,
And may put him in mind of what
Thou did for him, and so for me.
In both our hearts erect a shrine
Of duty and of thankfulness,
That all Thy favors great received
Our upright walking may express.
Of duty and of thankfulness,
That all Thy favors great received
Our upright walking may express.
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In the years when many pirates threatened to give chase to ships bound for England or America, it was a most serious thing to be dependent upon the winds as all the sailing vessels were.
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