Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Life in Deaths

English poem

Life in Deaths

by (1631–1705)

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What Mystery is this To seek for Life in Death The great Destroyer of the Sons Of Adam and of Seth? Can Death beget sweet Life? Can such an Honey-comb, So sweet and precious, come forth Of Death's devouring Womb?

Yes: Christ hath broke the Teeth And ta'ne away the Sting Of Cruel Death; that Death is now Become another thing. It is a Messenger Sent for to fetch us home Vnto our Father's Royal House, Whither all Saints must come.

It is a Bridge, whereby We pass to Heavenly Rest, Out of the Sorrows of this world Wherewith we are opprest. But I'le not here detain thee: Reade on, and thou shalt see Both many Deaths in one short Life, And Life in Deaths to be.