Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Cxii. [96]

English poem

Cxii. [96]

by (1631–1705)

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“In younger years, beyond your fears,   what if you were surprized? You put away the evil day,   and of long life devised. You oft were told, and might behold,   that Death no Age doth spare; “Why then did you your time foreslow,   and slight your soul’s welfare?