Love
Upon Mr. Samuel Willard
From English Broadside Ballads (TCP)
As Joseph let his Brethren see
Simeon both alive, and free:
So JESUS brings forth Samuel,
To tune our hearts to praise Him well.
Thus He with beams of cheerful Light
Corrects the darkness of our Night:
His Grace assists us in this wise
To seise and bind the Sacrifice.
Distressing Fear caus'd us to Pray
God help'd us; He will help us aye.
Let's then our Ebenezer raise,
And honour GOD with endless Praise.
Codex Note
Full title: Upon Mr. Samuel Willard, his first coming into the Assembly, and Praying, after a long and dangerous Fit of Sickness. TCP N00791 (1700).
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Anonymous (English broadside ballads). “Upon Mr. Samuel Willard.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-broadsides/644/.
Chicago
Anonymous (English broadside ballads). “Upon Mr. Samuel Willard.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-broadsides/644/.
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