The works of Anne Bradstreet in prose and verse Edited by John Harvard Ellis |
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Here follow severall occasionall meditations.
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Here follow severall occasionall meditations.
I
By night when others soundly slept,And had at once both ease and Rest,
My waking eyes were open kept,
And so to lye I fovnd it best.
II
I sovght him whom my Soul did Love,With tears I sovght him earnestly;
He bow'd his ear down from Above,
In vain I did not seek or cry.
III
My hungry Soul he fill'd with Good,He in his Bottle putt my teares,
My smarting wounds washt in his blood,
And banisht thence my Doubts and feares.
IV
What to my Saviour shall I giue,Who freely hath done this for me?
I'le serve him here whilst I shall liue,
And Loue him to Eternity.
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