Cotton Mather's verse in English

Mather, Cotton (1663-1728)

Part One: Religious Meditations

Part Two: Elegies and Epitaphs

Part Three: Verse for Children

Part Four: Agricola Verse

Part Five: Hymns

Part Six: Bible Verse

Appendix A. Diary and Paterna Verse

Appendix B. Hand-Written Inscriptions

[On my dear Liza I this Book bestow]

[Written on the Title Page of A Monumental Gratitude]

The Pidgeon Py. A Poem in Imitation of the Monumental Gratitude.

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[On my dear Liza I this Book bestow]

Oct. 12. 1723.

On my dear Liza I this Book bestow
That she in Heav'nly piety may grow
May she begin on Earth betimes to mind
The Heav'n where she will all her wishes find
May her young soul become the holy spouse
Of the Lord whom her Lovely mother chose

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[On my dear Liza I this Book bestow]