A47500:284
A feast of fat things full of marrow containing several Scripture songs taken out…
A feast of fat things full of marrow containing several Scripture songs taken out of the Old and New Testaments, with others composed by t[he author] : together [with o]ne hundred of divine hymns, being the first century.
London: printed by B.H., 1696
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.
2 My well-Beloved is to me a bundle of sweet Myrrh, And with me he'll make his abode, and from me never stir.
3 My well-Beloved is to me, like to the choicest Wines; Like Clusters of the Camphire Trees, amongst the fruitful Vines.
3 My well-Beloved is to me, like to the choicest VVines; Like Clusters of the Camphire Trees, amongst the fruitful Vines.
4 O blessed Jesus thou art fair, my beauty is from thee! Nay, thou art fair beyond compare, and precious unto me!
5 Let others on their Dainties feed, and drink the richest Wine; My feasts doth all their feasts exceed, when thou sayest I am thine.
5 Let others on their Dainties feed, and drink the richest VVine; My feasts doth all their feasts exceed, when thou say'st I am thine.