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[Poems by Danforth in] Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society

April 17, 1968 - October 16, 1968 : Volume 78
Danforth, John (1660-1730)

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ELEGIES
 
Upon the Triumphant TRANSLATION of a Mother in Our ISRAEL, Viz. MRS. ANNE ELIOT
 
To the Blessed MEMORY of the Venerable Mr. JOHN ELIOT,
 
A FUNERAL ELEGY Humbly Dedicated to the Renowned Memory of the HONORABLE, THOMAS DANFORTH, Esq.
 
A Pindarick ELEGY Upon the Renowned, MR. SAMUEL WILLARD,
 
PROFIT AND LOSS: AN ELEGY Upon the Decease of MRS. MARY GERRISH,
 
HONOUR AND VERTUE ELEGIZED IN A POEM Upon an Honourable, Aged, and Gracious Mother in our Israel, MADAM ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON,
 
GREATNESS & GOODNESS ELEGIZED, In a POEM, Upon the much Lamented Decease of the Honourable & Vertuous MADAM HANNAH SEWALL,
 
A FUNERAL POEM IN MEMORY OF MR. HOPESTILL CLAP,
 
An ELEGY upon the much Lamented Decease of MRS. ELISABETH FOXCROFT
 
AN ELEGY UPON THE MUCH LAMENTED DECEASE OF THE REVEREND AND EXCELLENT MR. JOSEPH BELCHER,
 
The DIVINE NAME Humbly Celebrated, On Occasion of the Translation to Heaven of the Bright Soul of the Pious and Vertuous, MADAM SUSANNA THACHER
 
Two vast Enjoyments commemorated, and two great Bereavements lamented, in two excellent Persons, viz. the Reverend Mr. PETER THACHER And the Reverend Mr. SAMUEL DANFORTH,
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TWO FRAGMENTS OF ELEGIES
 
Upon the decease of the pious Mr. Thomas Bromfield,
 
Elegy on the Death of Captain Jonathan Danforth.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
 
ALMANAC VERSE (1679)
 
EPITAPH ON JOSIAH FLINT
 
POEMS FOR COTTON MATHER'S MAGNALIA
 
A FEW LINES TO FILL UP A VACANT PAGE
 
EPITAPH ON MIRIAM WOOD
 
LOVE and UNITY ENCOURAGED AND CONTENTION and DIVISION DISSWADED, in a POEM.
 
EPITAPH ON HOPESTILL CLAP
 
THE MERCIES of the YEAR COMMEMORATED: A SONG for Little CHILDREN in NEW-ENGLAND.
 
THE VANITY OF THE WORLD, A POEM.

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THE MERCIES of the YEAR COMMEMORATED: A SONG for Little CHILDREN in NEW-ENGLAND.

December 13th 1720.

(1)

Heaven's MERCY shines, Wonders & Glorys meet;
Angels are left in sweet surprise to see 't.
The Circle of the Year is well near Run
Earth's-Conflagration is not yet begun.

(2)

Heavens spares the Bulwark of our Peace, King GEORGE;
Our CHARTER holds; and Privileges large.
Our GOVERNOUR and SENATORS can meet;
And Greet, and Join in Consultations sweet.

(3)

Though Great our Loss in GREENWOOD's bless'd Translation
Yet well fill'd Pulpits bless the Little Nation.
New Churches Gather'd; Th' Eastern Peace not lost;
And Satan's overthrown with all his Host.

(4)

Sickness from Distant Lands Arrives, and Fears;
JEHOVAH in the Mount as oft Appears.
Contagion stops with Precious Captain GORE;
How Great our Loss? but Heav'n will draw no more.

(5)

Tho' ripening HEAT came late, yet Frost held off,
We Reap the Harvest, and have Bread enough.
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Provision's dear, Goods high, Bills low, Cash none;
And yet the Suffering Tribe is not Undone.

(6)

A Miracle! The Ocean-Seas of Sin,
Have not prevail'd to let a Deluge in!
That Earth's upheld to bear the heavy Load!
Adore the Grace of a Long suffering GOD!

(7)

Some Vices in the Church not yet subdu'd;
Old Barren Vines and Trees not yet down hew'd.
Sinners, not sent to their Deserved Place;
A YEAR is added to their DAY of Grace.

(8)

The Fugitive may be returned home;
The Foe to GOD, a Favourite become.
Who have no shelter from Thy Jealous Eye,
JESUS! for shelter to thy Wounds may Fly.

(9)

The whole Years Space for Faith, Repentance, Prayer;
The Most have not improved well, I Fear:
Look then, with broken Hearts, upon your ways;
And see, your Future Lives, JEHOVAH Praise.
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