Death & Dying
Mrs. Judith Hull, of Boston, in N
From English Broadside Ballads (TCP)
Great Sarah's Faith; joind with Good Hannah's Prayer;
For Hearing of the Word, glad Maries Care;
Aged Elizabeths Just Walk; To dwell
Nigh Prophets, a true Shunamitish Zeal;
An Humble Soul, Trim'd with an High Neglect
Of Gay Things, but with Ancient Glories deck't;
All these Expir'd at once! Array'd with Them,
Our HULDAH's gone to Gods Jerusalem:
Without a Figure so, with her Last Breath
Shee Triumph'd o'er that Holophernes, DEATH.
Perfect in Thoughts, Words, Deeds, She soars on high,
Performing what her Name did signifie.
Codex Note
Full title: Mrs. JUDITH HULL, Of Boston, in N. E. Daughter of Mr. Edmund Quincey. TCP N00605 (1695).
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