Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Ii. [2]

English poem

Ii. [2]

by (1631–1705)

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Wallowing in all kind of Sin,   vile Wretches lay secure; The best of men had scarcely then   their Lamps kept in good ure. Virgins unwise, who through disguise   amongst the best were number’d, Had clos’d their eyes; yea, and the Wise   through sloth and frailty slumber’d.