First Line: WE BLAME, NAY WE DESPISE HER PAINES Last Line: TO DRENCH, BUT NOT TO DROWN OUR SEED.
We blame, nay we despise her paines That wets her Garden when it raines: But when the drought has dri'd the knot; Then let her use the watring pot. We pray for showers (at our need) To drench, but not to drown our seed.