English poem
Lx. [52]
by Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705)
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;