English poem
RIDDLES Unriddled OR Christian Paradoxes
by Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705)
Light in Darkness, Sick mens Health, Strength in Weakness, Poor mens Wealth, In Confinement Liberty, In Solitude Good Company, Joy in Sorrow, Life in Deaths, Heavenly Crowns for Thorny Wreaths,
Are presented to thy view In the Poems that ensue.
If my Trials had been thine, These would cheer thee more then Wine.