A few more from Lewis
Arise early,
Serve God devoutly,
Then to thy work, busilie,
To thy meate joyfully,
To thy bed merilie,
And though thou fare poorly,
And thy lodgings homelie,
Yet thank God highly.
Katherine Dowe (before 1588)
Welcome. These are some of the attempts at verse that I have made over the years. I trust that they are to the glory of the Lord Jesus - and that putting them here is to His glory too. I have now posted most that I have written at least once but continue in case a new audience finds new blessing. Occasionally I throw in some other verse. Comment are welcome.
Arise early,
Serve God devoutly,
Then to thy work, busilie,
To thy meate joyfully,
To thy bed merilie,
And though thou fare poorly,
And thy lodgings homelie,
Yet thank God highly.
Katherine Dowe (before 1588)
In all things, give thanks to God!
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DeleteAmen. Praise the Lord always.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I see the Jacob theme running through several recent posts. Was surprised to see a poem by someone else. Hope your time in India is blessed. I hear the Christians there are having a bad time again.
ReplyDeleteThanks; I've taken a liking to some early women Christian poets I hadn't heard of till recently.
DeleteThanks for this good poem and thanks for encouragement at my blog, which I haven't been updating as much. For some reason, I'm locked out of leaving comments with my Google account, even at my own blog. Maybe Google's misinformation team was offended by something I wrote. Truth is a dangerous thing these days. Or maybe I'm just experiencing an innocent programming error.
ReplyDeleteJim Swindle
Google's a bit of a mystery.
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