Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Lx. [52]

English poem

Lx. [52]

by (1631–1705)

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At this sad season, Christ asks a Reason   (with just austerity) Of Grace refus’d, of light abus’d   so oft, so wilfully; Of Talents lent, by them misspent   and on their Lust bestown, Which if improv’d as it behoov’d   Heav’n might have been their own;