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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.
What brackish is will make a Candle sputter; T'wixt sin and Grace there's oft a heavy clutter.
Sometimes the light burns dim, 'cause of the snuff, Sometimes it is blown quite out with a puff;
But Watchfulness preventeth both these evils, Keeps Candles light and Grace in spite of Devils.
But Watchfulness preventeth both these evils, Keeps Candles light and Grace in spight of Devils.
Nor let not snuffs nor puffs make us to doubt;
Our Candles may be lighted, though puffed out.
Our Candles may be lighted, though pufft out.