Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Xxxv. [31]

English poem

Xxxv. [31]

by (1631–1705)

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Who no Peace-maker, no undertaker,   to shroud them from God’s ire. Ever obtain’d; they must be pain’d   with everlasting fire. These num’rous bands, wringing their hands,   and weeping all stand there. Filléd with anguish, whose hearts do languish,   through self-tormenting fear,