Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Ccxxii. [180]

English poem

Ccxxii. [180]

by (1631–1705)

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Oh blessed state of the Renate!   Oh wond’rous happiness. To which they’re brought beyond what thought   can reach or words express! Grief’s watercourse and sorrow’s source   are turn’d to joyful streams; Their old distress and heaviness   are vanished like dreams.