Poetry Codex

Metaphysical & Cavalier

John White

1575–1648

John White (1575–1648) was an English Puritan clergyman, rector of Holy Trinity, Dorchester, in Dorset, where his long ministry earned him the nickname the ‘Patriarch of Dorchester’. He took a close interest in the colonisation of New England and was instrumental in organising the Dorchester Company and in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Company.

His metrical version of the Psalms, made for congregational singing in common tunes, was left in the care of his son and printed posthumously in 1655 as Davids Psalms in Metre, with a preface by his successor Stanley Gower. The Psalms here are the 1655 text, with its original spelling. Fourteen psalms whose source pages are damaged or illegible are omitted.

Poems (136)

  1. Psalm 1
  2. Psalm 2
  3. Psalm 3
  4. Psalm 4
  5. Psalm 5
  6. Psalm 6
  7. Psalm 7
  8. Psalm 8
  9. Psalm 9
  10. Psalm 10
  11. Psalm 11
  12. Psalm 12
  13. Psalm 13
  14. Psalm 14
  15. Psalm 15
  16. Psalm 16
  17. Psalm 17
  18. Psalm 18
  19. Psalm 19
  20. Psalm 20
  21. Psalm 21
  22. Psalm 23
  23. Psalm 24
  24. Psalm 25
  25. Psalm 26
  26. Psalm 27
  27. Psalm 28
  28. Psalm 29
  29. Psalm 30
  30. Psalm 31
  31. Psalm 32
  32. Psalm 33
  33. Psalm 34
  34. Psalm 35
  35. Psalm 36
  36. Psalm 37
  37. Psalm 39
  38. Psalm 40
  39. Psalm 41
  40. Psalm 42
  41. Psalm 43
  42. Psalm 44
  43. Psalm 46
  44. Psalm 47
  45. Psalm 48
  46. Psalm 49
  47. Psalm 51
  48. Psalm 52
  49. Psalm 53
  50. Psalm 54
  51. Psalm 55
  52. Psalm 56
  53. Psalm 57
  54. Psalm 58
  55. Psalm 60
  56. Psalm 61
  57. Psalm 62
  58. Psalm 63
  59. Psalm 64
  60. Psalm 65
  61. Psalm 67
  62. Psalm 68
  63. Psalm 69
  64. Psalm 70
  65. Psalm 71
  66. Psalm 72
  67. Psalm 73
  68. Psalm 74
  69. Psalm 75
  70. Psalm 76
  71. Psalm 77
  72. Psalm 78
  73. Psalm 79
  74. Psalm 80
  75. Psalm 81
  76. Psalm 82
  77. Psalm 83
  78. Psalm 84
  79. Psalm 85
  80. Psalm 86
  81. Psalm 87
  82. Psalm 88
  83. Psalm 89
  84. Psalm 90
  85. Psalm 91
  86. Psalm 92
  87. Psalm 93
  88. Psalm 94
  89. Psalm 95
  90. Psalm 96
  91. Psalm 97
  92. Psalm 98
  93. Psalm 99
  94. Psalm 100
  95. Psalm 101
  96. Psalm 102
  97. Psalm 103
  98. Psalm 105
  99. Psalm 107
  100. Psalm 109
  101. Psalm 110
  102. Psalm 111
  103. Psalm 112
  104. Psalm 113
  105. Psalm 114
  106. Psalm 115
  107. Psalm 116
  108. Psalm 117
  109. Psalm 118
  110. Psalm 120
  111. Psalm 121
  112. Psalm 122
  113. Psalm 123
  114. Psalm 124
  115. Psalm 125
  116. Psalm 126
  117. Psalm 127
  118. Psalm 128
  119. Psalm 129
  120. Psalm 131
  121. Psalm 133
  122. Psalm 134
  123. Psalm 135
  124. Psalm 136
  125. Psalm 137
  126. Psalm 138
  127. Psalm 140
  128. Psalm 141
  129. Psalm 142
  130. Psalm 144
  131. Psalm 145
  132. Psalm 146
  133. Psalm 147
  134. Psalm 148
  135. Psalm 149
  136. Psalm 150

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