Versos English Michael Wigglesworth V. [5]

English poem

V. [5]

by (1631–1705)

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For at midnight breaks forth a light,   which turns the night to day, And speedily an hideous cry   doth all the World dismay. Sinners awake, their hearts do ache,   trembling their loins surpriseth; Amaz’d with fear, by what they hear,   each one of them ariseth.