Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Cxlii. [121]

English poem

Cxlii. [121]

by (1631–1705)

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“Eternal smart is the desert   ev’n of the least offense; Then wonder not if I allot   to you this Recompense; But wonder more that since so sore   and lasting plagues are due To every sin, you liv’d therein,   who well the danger knew.