Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Clxxxviii. [153]

English poem

Clxxxviii. [153]

by (1631–1705)

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The Judge is strong, doers of wrong   cannot his pow’r withstand; None can by flight run out of sight,   nor ’scape out of his hand. Sad is their state; for Advocate,   to plead thei cause, there’s none; None to prevent their punishment,   or mis’ry to bemoan.