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Additions to the poetical fragments of Rich. Baxter written for himself and communicated to…
Additions to the poetical fragments of Rich. Baxter written for himself and communicated to such as are more for serious verse than smooth.
London: printed for B. Simmons, 1683
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Might he be saved now for a frightened wish, When guilt and terror cause his heart to faint, When worldly pleasures all forsake his flesh, He'd have the end and portion of a Saint.
Might he be sav'd now for a frightned wish, VVhen guilt and terrour cause his heart to faint, VVhen worldly pleasures all forsake his flesh, He'd have the end and portion of a Saint.
Now take an Inventory of his Wealth, This Corps was once the Body of a Man: It lived in Pleasure, Honour, Ease and Health, Goes Naked hence, as Naked Life began.
Now take an Inventory of his VVealth, This Corps was once the Body of a Man: It liv'd in Pleasure, Honour, Ease and Health, Goes Naked hence, as Naked Life began.
That frightful Earthly Face was wont to smile, And with proud Scorn on hated Persons frown, It Comely seemed, which now is Black and Vile, That its the same, can hardly now be known.
That frightful Earthly Face was wont to smile, And with proud Scorn on hated Persons frown, It Comely seem'd, which now is Black and Vile, That its the same, can hardly now be known.