Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 78, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mine eyes, that at the beautious sight of fruite Last Line: If waft with gailes breath'd by the holy ghost. Subject(s): Puritans In Literature | ||||||||
Mine Eyes, that at the Beautious Sight of Fruite On th'Tree of, Knowledge, drew black venom in That did bemegerim my brains at root That they turnd round, and tippled me int' Sin. I thus then in t'Barath'rick pit down fell. Thats Waterless and next doore is to Hell: No water's here: It is a Springless Well. Like Josephs Pit, all dry of Comforts Spring. Oh! Hopeless, Helpless Case: In such I fell. The Creatures buckets dry, no help can bring: Oh, here's a Spring: Indeed its Lethe Lake Of Aqua-Infernales: don't mistake. This Pit indeed's Sins Filthy Dungeon State, No water's in't, but filth, and mire, Sins juyce. Wherein I sinke ore Head, and Eares: sad fate, And ever shall, if Grace hath here no Sluce. Its Well Coards whip Coards are: not Coards to draw (Like Pully Coards) out of this Dungeons maw. Yet in the upper room of Paradise An Artist anvill'd out Reliefe sure, Good, A Golden Coarde, and bucket of Grace Choice Let down top full of Covenantall blood. Which when it touches, oh! the happy Cry! The doores fly ope. Now's jayle's Deliverie. This is a Spring of Liquour, heavenly, Cleare. Its Streams oreflow these banks. Its boundless Grace Whose Spring head's Godhead, and its Channells where It runs, is Manhood veans that Christ keeps Chase For it, and when it makes a Springtide Flood This Pit is drown'd with Covenantall blood. And now the Prisoners sent out, do come Padling in their Canooes apace with joyes Along this blood red Sea, Where joyes do throng, And sayling in the Arke of Grace that flies Drove sweetly by Gailes of the Holy Ghost Who sweetly briezes all along this Coast. Here's Covenant blood, indeed: and 't down the banks Of this dry Pit breakes: Also 'tis a key T'unlock the Shackles Sin hung on their Shanks And wash the durt off: send them cleane away. The Pris'ners freed, do on this Red Sea swim In Zions Barke: and in their Cabbins sing. Lord let this Covenantall blood send mee Poore Prisner, out of Sins dry Dungeon pound. And on this Red Sea saile mee safe to thee In which none Israelite was ever drown'd. My Sayles shall tune thee praise along this coast If waft with Gailes breath'd by the Holy Ghost. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE PREFACE by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 1 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 32 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 38 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 8 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 3 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 56 by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: CHRIST'S REPLY by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED by EDWARD TAYLOR |
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