Versos English Michael Wigglesworth Xxxvi. [32]

English poem

Xxxvi. [32]

by (1631–1705)

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Fast by them stand at Christ’s left hand,   the Lion fierce and fell. The Dragon bold, that Serpent old,   that hurried Souls to Hell. There also stand, under command,   legions of Sprites unclean. And hellish Fiends, that are no friends   to God, nor unto Men.