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Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns…
Mr. Richard Baxter's paraphrase on the Psalms of David in metre with other hymns / left fitted for the press by his own hand.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
6 I like mournful Pelican Of [the sad] wilderness have bin. I like an Owl in desert am, Who nightly there doth [screech and] moan.
6 I like mournful Pelican Of [the sad] wilderness have bin. I like an Owl in desart am, Who nightly there doth [streech and] moan.
7 I watch, and like a sparrow am [That sits] on the house-top alone.
8 My persecuting enemies All day [do me] reproach and scorn; And they that mad against me are, Are all against me [set and] sworn.
9 Ashes I eaten have like bread, [And] mingled [have] my drink with tears;