Religion

Mary's Song, Luke 1.46

by Richard Baxter 1615–1691

From Paraphrase on the Psalms of David in Metre (1692)

Religion

My soul doth magnifie the Lord,
My spirit [in me] doth rejoyce
In God, who is my Saviour,
Express'd by this my [thankful] voice.
For greatly he regarded hath
His handmaid's [mean and] low estate;
Henceforth all ages shall my name
As [great and] blessed celebrate.

For he who the Almighty is,
Great things [indeed] hath to me done;
Holy's his Name, his mercy is
To them that fear him [largely] shown,
He with his arm hath shewed strength,
He them that [great] and mighty be
Hath put down, and exalted them
Who are of [mean and] low degree.

The poor and hungry he hath fill'd
With what for them is [truly] good,
And the rich he hath sent away
Empty, through want of [needful] food.
His servant Israel he hath help'd,
For his own [ancient] mercies ;
As to our fathers, to Abraham,
And to his seed [of old] he spake.

MLA

Baxter, Richard. “Mary's Song, Luke 1.46.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/baxter/152/.

Chicago

Baxter, Richard. “Mary's Song, Luke 1.46.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/baxter/152/.

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