Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Lxxxv. [72]

English poem

Lxxxv. [72]

by (1631–1705)

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“You nor receiv’d, nor yet believ’d   my Promises of Grace, Nor were you wise enough to prize   my reconciléd Face; But did presume that to assume   which was not yours to take, And challengéd the Children’s Bread,   yet would not sin forsake.