People are but ships.From highest flags they’re badIndeed to deepest keels.Not always do they put the jolly RogerOn their maintop.Shiver will grab youAs their deck is nearThou thought that theymight be baptized and rescuedYet they shout:“A l’abordage!”Beware of pirates!
85. AfflictionGeorge Herbert WHEN first thou didst entice to thee my heart, I thought the service brave: So many joyes I writ down for my part, Besides what I might have Out of my stock of naturall delights, 5Augmented with…
I am the Living BreadMeditation 8 by Edward TaylorJohn 6:51 I kening through Astronomy Divine The Worlds bright Battlement, wherein I spyA Golden Path my Pensill cannot line, From that bright Throne unto my Threshold ly. And while my puzzled…
CHRIST THE FRIEND OF SINNERS.(Charles Wesley) Where shall my wondering soul begin ? How shall I all to heaven aspire ?A slave redeemed from death and sin, A brand plucked from eternal fire,How shall I equal triumphs raise,And sing my…
