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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 12: XII. Meditations upon the Candle.
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.
Again, though it may seem to some a Riddle, We use to light our Candle at the middle; True, light doth at the Candles end appear, And Grace the heart first reaches by the Ear. But 'tis the Wick the fire doth kindle on, As 'tis the heart that Grace first works upon. Thus both doth fasten upon what's the main, And so their Life and Vigour do maintain.
The Tallow makes the Wick yield to the fire; And sinful Flesh doth make the Soul desire, That Grace may kindle on it, in it burn; So Evil makes the Soul from Evil turn.
The Tallow makes the Wick yield to the fire; And sinsul Flesh doth make the Soul desire, That Grace may kindle on it, in it burn; So Evil makes the Soul from Evil turn.
But Candles in the wind are apt to flare; And Christians in a Tempest to despair.
But Candles in the wind are apt to flare; And Christ'ans in a Tempest to despair.
The flame also with Smoke attended is; And in our holy lives there's much amiss.