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The day of doom
The day of doom: or, A poetical description of the Great and Last Judgment. With a short discourse about eternity. / By Michael Wigglesworth, teacher of the church at Maldon, in N.E.
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1701
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.
The Eastern Conqueror was said to weep, When he the Indian Ocean did view, To see his Conquest bounded by the Deep, And no more Worlds remaining to subdue.
The Eastern Conquerour was said to weep, When he the Indian Ocean did view, To see his Conquest bounded by the Deep, And no more Worlds remaining to subdue.
Who would that man in his Enjoyments bless, Or envy him, or covet his estate, Whose gettings do augment his greediness, And make his wishes more intemperate?
Such is the wonted and the common guise Of those on Earth that bear the greatest Sway; If with a few the case be otherwise They seek a Kingdom that abides for ay.
Moreover they, of all the Sons of men, That Rule, and are in highest places set, Are most inclined to scorn their Brethren And God himself (without great grace) forget.
Moreover they, of all the Sons of men, That Rule, and are in highest places set, Are most inclin'd to scorn their Bretheren And God himself (without great grace) forget.