Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Cxcvii. [161]

English poem

Cxcvii. [161]

by (1631–1705)

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One natural Brother beholds another   in his astonied fit. Yet sorrows not thereat a jot,   nor pities him a whit. The godly Wife conceives no grief   nor can she shed a tear For the sad state of her dear Mate,   when she his doom doth hear.