Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Cxvi. [100]

English poem

Cxvi. [100]

by (1631–1705)

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Who are told The Judge replies: “I gave you eyes,   And light to see your way, Which had you lov’d and well improv’d,   you had not gone astray. My Word was pure, the Rule was sure;   Why did you it forsake, Or thereon trample, and men’s example   your Directory make?