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  • The Collar
    I struck the board, and cry'd, No more;
                        I will abroad.
    73 lines
  • The Pulley
        When God at first made man,
    Having a glasse of blessings standing by;
    22 lines, 1 comment
  • The Priesthood
    Blest Order, which in power dost so excell,
    That with th' one hand thou liftest to the sky,
    47 lines
  • Aaron
              Holinesse on the head,
        Light and perfections on the breast,
    28 lines
  • Love (III)
    Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
            Guiltie of dust and sinne.
    22 lines, 1 comment
  • The British Church
    I Joy, deare Mother, when I view
    Thy perfect lineaments, and hue
    38 lines
  • Affliction (I)
    When first thou didst entice to thee my heart,
            I thought the service brave;
    75 lines
  • Affliction (II)
                        Kill me not ev'ry day,
    Thou Lord of life; since thy one death
    16 lines
  • The Quip
    The merry World did on a day
    With his train-bands and mates agree
    24 lines
  • The Elixir
        Teach me, my God and King,
        In all things thee to see,
    28 lines
  • Virtue
    Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
    The bridal of the earth and sky:
    18 lines
  • The Pearl
    I know the wayes of learning; both the head
    And pipes that feed the presse, and make it runne;
    42 lines
  • The Posie
                  Let wits contest,
    And with their words and posies windows fill:
    13 lines
  • Man
                  My God, I heard this day
    That none doth build a stately habitation
    61 lines
  • Sonnet (I)
    Upon thine Altar burnt? Cannot thy love
    Heighten a spirit to sound out thy praise
    14 lines
  • Life
    I made a posie, while the day ran by: 
    Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie 
    19 lines
  • Redemption
    Having been tenant long to a rich lord,
        Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,
    16 lines
  • Bitter-Sweet
    Ah, my deare angrie Lord,
    Since thou dost love, yet strike;
    8 lines
  • Church-Monuments
    While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
    Here I entombe my flesh, that it betimes
    26 lines
  • Church-Musick
    Sweetest of sweets, I thank you: when displeasure
              Did through my bodie wound my minde,
    13 lines
  • Peace
    Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave,
                        Let me onc
    47 lines, 1 comment
  • Easter
    Rise heart; thy lord is risen. Sing his praise
                        Without delaye
    34 lines
  • A Wreath
    A wreathed garland of deserved praise,
    Of praise deserved, unto thee I give,
    12 lines, 1 comment
  • Grief
    O who will give me tears? Come, all ye springs,
    Dwell in my head and eyes: come, clouds and rain:
    18 lines
  • Joseph's Coat
        Wounded I sing, tormented I indite,
    Thrown down I fall into a bed, and rest:
    13 lines
  • Mortification
                How soon doth man decay!
    When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets
    40 lines
  • The Dawning
    Awake, sad heart, whom sorrow ever drowns:
        Take up thine eyes, which feed on earth,
    16 lines
  • The Windows
    Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word?
          He is a brittle crazie glasse;
    16 lines
  • The World
    Love built a stately house: where Fortune came:
    And spinning phansies, she was heard to say,
    22 lines
  • Providence
    O Sacred Providence, who from end to end
    Strongly and sweetly movest! shall I write,
    152 lines
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