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A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for childrenA book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children
A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhymes for children by J.B.A book for boys and girls, or, Country rhimes for children by J.B.
London: printed for N.P., 1686
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A BOOK FOR Boys and Girls, &c. › Poem 11: XI. Upon a low'ring Morning.
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.
XI. Upon a lowering Morning.
XI. Upon a low'ring Morning.
Well, with the day, I see, the Clouds appear, And mix the light with darkness every where: This threatening is to Travellers, that go Long Journeys, slabby Rain, they'll have or Snow. Else while I gaze, the Sun doth with his beams Belace the Clouds, as 'twere with bloody Streams; This done, they suddenly do watery grow, And weep, and pour their tears out where they go.
Well, with the day, I see, the Clouds appear, And mix the light with darkness every where: This threatning is to Travellers, that go Long Journeys, slabby Rain, they'l have or Snow. Else while I gaze, the Sun doth with his beams Belace the Clouds, as 'twere with bloody Streams; This done, they suddenly do watry grow, And weep, and pour their tears out where they go.
Comparison. Thus 'tis when Gospel-light doth usher in To us, both sense of Grace, and sense of Sin; Yea when it makes sin red with Christ's blood, Then we can weep, till weeping does us good.