English poem
The Song of the SITHE
by Cotton Mather (1663–1728)
O My Long-suffering Lord, I own, And thy rich Patience praise; The Mower, he has not cut me down; I stand; O wondrous Grace!
I wait, O of my Life the. GOD! I'm waiting for the Stroke. I see the Mower: He's on the Road; Soon, soon, I'am overtook!
O that I were in Safety got; That what I can't Evade I may with Comfort meet, and not Be of the Sithe afraid.
I do with a Repenting Heart To thee, my GOD, Return; From all my Idols I depart, And for my Follies mourn.
To Thee, my SAVIOUR, I Resign, All that belongs to me; Willing to be entirely Thine, And Heal'd and Rul'd by Thee.
By Thee to be Redeem'd, and made Righteous and Holy too; And by thy Counsil to be led, Thy endless Glory to.
Now, Welcome Sithe; Come, Do thy worst; Strike; Thou canst do no more, But fit me to be Lodg'd, I trust, In my GOD's Blessed Floor.
More by Cotton Mather
- The Song of all the Creatures. Verse 13
- The Song of Simeon. Chap. 2. Verse 29
- The Song of the Angels, and of the Church. Verse 12
- The Song of the blessed Virgin MARY. LUKE. I.46
- The Song of Zacharias. Verse. 68
- The Songs of HARVEST
- The Sons of GOD, Singing among The Trees of GOD; Full of Sap, and of Songs before Him
- The SOWER a Singer