The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse Edited by John Harvard Ellis |
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In thankfull Remembrance for my dear husbands safe Arrivall Sept. 3, 1662.
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In thankfull Remembrance for my dear husbands safe Arrivall Sept. 3, 1662.
What shall I render to thy Name,
Or how thy Praises speak;
My thankes how shall I testefye?
O Lord, thov know'st I'm weak.
Or how thy Praises speak;
My thankes how shall I testefye?
O Lord, thov know'st I'm weak.
I ow so mvch, so little can
Return vnto thy Name,
Confusion seases on my Soul,
And I am fill'd with shame.
Return vnto thy Name,
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And I am fill'd with shame.
O thov that hearest Prayers, Lord,
To Thee shall come all fflesh;
Thou hast me heard and answered,
My 'Plaints haue had accesse.
To Thee shall come all fflesh;
Thou hast me heard and answered,
My 'Plaints haue had accesse.
What did I ask for but thov gav'st?
What could I more desire?
But Thankfullnes, even all my dayes,
I humbly this Require.
What could I more desire?
But Thankfullnes, even all my dayes,
I humbly this Require.
Thy mercyes, Lord, haue been so great,
In nvmber nvmberles,
Impossible for to recovnt
Or any way expresse.
In nvmber nvmberles,
Impossible for to recovnt
Or any way expresse.
O help thy Saints that sovght thy fface,
T'Return vnto thee Praise,
And walk before thee as they ought,
In strict and vpright wayes.
T'Return vnto thee Praise,
And walk before thee as they ought,
In strict and vpright wayes.
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