- 1. Sonnets
Mors Christi.
And am I here, and my Redeemer gone ?
Can he be dead, and is not my life done ?
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- 2. Sion's Sonnets
Bridegroom.
Now rests my love : till nuw her tender brest,
Wanting her joy, could finde no peace, no rest;
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- 3. From 'a Feast For Wormes'
The Argument.
The Ninivites beleeve the word,
Their hearts retiu'ne mito the Lord;
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- 4. From 'the History Of Samson'
The Argument.
He goes to Timnah : as he went
He slew a lyon by the way;
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- 5. Delight In God Only
I love (and have some cause to love) the earth;
She is my Maker's creature, therefore good:
She is my mother, for she gave me birth;
She is my tender nurse; she gives me food;
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- 6. Funerall Elegy Xiii
No, no, he is not dead ; the mouth of fame,
Honor's shrill herald, would preserve his name,
And make it live in spight of death and dust,
Were there no other heaven, no other trust.
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- 7. On The Infancy Of Our Savior
Hail! blessed Virgin, full of heavenly grace,
Blest above all that sprang from human race,
Whose heaven-saluted womb brought forth in one
A blessed Savior and a blessed Son.
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