English poem
Iv. [4]
by Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705)
Who put away the evil day, and drown’d their cares and fears, Till drown’d were they, and swept away by vengeance unawares; So at the last, whilst men sleep fast in their security, Surpris’d they are in such a snare As Cometh suddenly.
The suddenness, Majesty and Terror of Christ’s appearing.