Thursday, November 3, 2011

By Night When Others Soundly Slept by Anne Bradstreet


By Night when Others Soundly Slept

BY ANNE BRADSTREET
1
By night when others soundly slept
And hath at once both ease and Rest,
My waking eyes were open kept
And so to lie I found it best.

2
I sought him whom my Soul did Love,
With tears I sought him earnestly.
He bow’d his ear down from Above.
In vain I did not seek or cry.

3
My hungry Soul he fill’d with Good;
He in his Bottle put my tears,
My smarting wounds washt in his blood,
And banisht thence my Doubts and fears.

4
What to my Saviour shall I give
Who freely hath done this for me?
I’ll serve him here whilst I shall live
And Loue him to Eternity.


Great one on faith and believing. A link to learn more is here. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/anne-bradstreet

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