AMERICAN POETRY: THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES c THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA Contents GEORGE SANDYS (1578-1644) from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1 THOMAS MORTON (C. 1580-c. 1646) from New English Canaan, or New Canaan The Authors Prologue, 4 The Poem, 4 The Songe, 5 JOHN SMITH (1580-1631) The Sea Marke, 7 JOHN WILSON (1588-1667) To God our twice-Revenger, 8 Anagram made by mr John Willson of Boston upon the Death of Mrs Abigaill Tompson, 9 WILLIAM BRADFORD (1590-1657) A Word to New England, 12 Of Boston in New England, 12 "Certain Verses left by the Honoured William Bradford Esq;," 14 CHRISTOPHER GARDINER (C. 1596-c. 1662) "Wolfes in Sheeps clothing why will ye," 16 EDWARD JOHNSON (1598-1672) New England's Annoyances, 17 "You that have seen these wondrous works by Sions Savior don," 20 from THE BAY PSALM BOOK (1640) Psalme 19, 23 Psalme 23, 24 Psalme 107, 25 ROGER WILLIAMS (C. 1606-1683) from A Key into the Language of America, 30 JOHN FISKE (1608-1677) John Kotton : O, Honie Knott, 32 John Wilson : W'on Sion-hil, 35 XL Xll CONTENTS ANNE BRADSTREET (1612-1672) The Prologue (from The Tenth Muse), 36 A Dialogue between Old England and New, 38 The Author to her Book, 45 Contemplations, 46 Before the Birth of one of her Children, 55 To my Dear and loving Husband, 55 In memory of my dear grand-child Elizabeth Bradstreet, 56 On my dear Grand-child Simon Bradstreet, 57 "As weary pilgrim, now at rest," 57 To my dear children, 58 May. 13. 1657, 59 Upon my dear & loving husband his goeing into England, 60 "In silent night when rest I took," 61 JOHN SAFFIN (1626-1710) "Sweetly (my Dearest) I left thee asleep," 63 To his Excellency Joseph Dudley Eqr Gover: &c, 64 EDMUND HICKERINGILL (1631-1708) from Jamaica Viewed", 67 MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH (1631-1705) A Song of Emptiness, 71 from The Day of Doom, 74 God's Controversy with New-England, 111 from Meat out of the Eater, 124 "I Walk'd and did a litde Mole-hill view," 128 URIAN OAKES (C. 1631-1681) An Elegie Upon that Reverend, Learned, Eminendy Pious, and Singularly Accomplished Divine, my ever Honoured Brother, Mr. Thomas Shepard, 132 GEORGE ALSOP (1636-c. 1673) The Author to His Book, 144 "Trafique is Earth's great Atlas, that supports," 146 "Heavens bright Lamp, shine forth some of thy Light," 146 BENJAMIN TOMPSON (1642-1714) The Grammarians Funeral, 148 from New-Englands Crisis, 150 To Lord Bellamont when entering Governour of the Massachusetts, 153 "Some of his last lines," 155 CONTENTS Xlll JAMES REVEL (FL. c. 1659-1680) The Poor Unhappy Transported Felon's Sorrowful Account of His fourteen Years Transportation at Virginia, 156 EDWARD TAYLOR (C. 1642-1729) from Preparatory Meditations (First Series) 1. Meditation, 164 3. Meditation. Can. 1.3. Thy Good Ointment, 164 4. Meditation. Cant. 2.1. I am the Rose of Sharon, 166 The Reflexion, 168 9. Meditation. Joh. 6.51. I am the Living Bread, 169 23. Meditation. Cant. 4.8. My Spouse, 170 24. Meditation. Eph. 2.18. Through him we have—an Access—unto the Father, 172 32. Meditation. 1 Cor. 3.22. Whether Paul or Apollos, or Cephas, 173 39. Meditation, from 1 Joh. 2.1. If any man sin, we have an Advocate, 175 46. Meditation. Rev. 3.5. The same shall be cloathed in White Raiment, 176 from Preparatory Meditations (Second Series) 1. Meditation. Col. 2.17. Which are Shaddows of things to come and the body is Christs, 178 4. Meditation. Gal. 4.24. Which things are an Allegorie, 179 12. Meditation. Ezek. 37.24. David my Servant shall be their King, 180 14. Meditation. Col. 2.3. In whom are hid all the Treasures of Wisdom, and Knowledge, 182 18. Meditation. Heb 13.10. Wee have an Altar, 183 Meditation 24. Joh. 1.14. ecrKTjvwcrev ev Tabernacled amongst us, 185 34. Meditation. Rev. 1.5. Who loved us and washed away our Sins in his Blood, 187 60a. Meditation. Joh. 6.51. I am the Living Bread, that came down from Heaven, 189 150. Meditation. Cant. 7.3. Thy two breasts are like two young Roes that are twins, 190 from Gods Determinations The Preface, 191 The Accusation of the Inward Man, 192 The Glory of and Grace in the Church set out, 194 XIV CONTENTS Upon a Spider Catching a Fly, 195 Upon a Wasp Child with Cold, 196 Huswifery, 198 The Ebb and Flow, 198 Upon the Sweeping Flood. Aug: 13.14- 1683, 199 FRANCIS DANIEL PASTORIUS (1651-1719) "In these Seven Languages I this my book do own," 200 A Token of Love and Gratitude, 200 Rachel Preston, Hannah Hill & Mary Norris, 202 "As often as some where before my Feet," 207 "Delight in Books from Evening," 207 "When I solidly do ponder," 207 Epibaterium, Or a hearty Congratulation to William Penn, 209 "If any honest Friend be pleased to walk into my poor Garden," 214 JOHN NORTON JR. (1651-1716) A Funeral Elogy, Upon that Pattern and Patron of Virtue, the truely pious, peerless & matchless Gentlewoman, Mrs. Anne Bradstreet, 216 SAMUEL SEWALL (1652-1730) "Once more! Our GOD, vouchsafe to Shine," 219 Upon the drying up that Ancient River, the River Merrimak, 220 BENJAMIN HARRIS (C. 1655-c. 1720) "In Adam's Fall," 221 JOHN DANFORTH (1660-1730) A few Lines to fill up a Vacant Page, 224 COTTON MATHER (1663-1728) "Go then, my Dove, but now no longer Mine\" 225 Gratitudinis Ergo, 225 Singing at the Plow, 232 The Songs of Harvest, 233 SARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT (1666-1727) from The Journal of Madam Knight "I ask thy Aid, O Potent Rum!" 234 "Tho' 111 at ease, A stranger and alone," 234 CONTENTS XV ROBERT HUNTER (1666-1734) from Androboros: A Biographical Farce, 235 EBENEZER COOK (c. 1667-c. 1733) The Sot-Weed Factor; or, A Voyage to Maryland, &c., 239 LEWIS MORRIS II (1671-1746) The Mock Monarchy; or, the Kingdom of the Apes, 259 BENJAMIN COLMAN (1673-1747) A Quarrel with Fortune, 271 A Poem, on Elijahs Translation, 271 TOM LAW (FL. 1720s) Lovewell's Fight, 280 CHRISTOPHER WITT (1675-1765) From the Hymn-Book of Johannes Kelpius Of the Wilderness of the Secret, or Private Virgin-Cross-Love, 284 The Paradox and Seldom Contentment of the God loving Soul, 293 Of the Power of the New Virgin-Body, Wherein the Lord himself dwelleth and Revealeth his Mysteries, 297 HENRY BROOKE (1678-1736) The New Metamorphosis, or Fable of the Bald Eagle, 299 To my Bottle-friends, 303 Modern Politeness, 304 An unwilling Farewel to Poesy, 306 ROGER WOLCOTT (1679-1767) from Meditations on Man's First and Fallen Estate, and the Wonderful Love of God Exhibited in a Redeemer, 310 from A Brief Account of the Agency of the Honourable John Winthrop, Esq; in the Court of King Charles the Second, 313 CHARLES HANSFORD (C. 1685-1761) My Country's Worth, 329 GEORGE BERKELEY (1685-1753) Verses on the Prospect of planting Arts and Learning in America, 346 xvi CONTENTS GEORGE SEAGOOD (C. 1685-1724) Mr. Blackmore's Expeditio Ultramontana, 347 JOSEPH BREINTNALL (C. 1695-1746) "A plain Description of one single Street in this City," 353 The Rape of Fewel, 354 To the Memory of Aquila Rose, Deceas'd, 357 JAMES KIRKPATRICK (1696-1770) The Nonpareil, 366 SUSANNA WRIGHT (1697-1784) Anna Boylens Letter to King Henry the 8th, 371 On the Benefit of Labour, 373 On the Death of a little Girl, 374 My own Birth Day, 376 To Eliza Norris—at Fairhill, 377 RICHARD LEWIS (C. 1699-1734) To Mr. Samuel Hastings, (Ship-wright of Philadelphia) on his launching the Maryland-Merchant, a large ship built by him at Annapolis, 380 A Journey from Patapsco to Annapolis, 386 Food for Criticks, 396 THOMAS DALE (1700-1750) Prologue spoken to the Orphan, 401 Epilogue to the Orphan, 402 "RALPHO COBBLE" (fl. 1732) "Learning that Cobvveb of the Brain," 403 JAMES STERLING (1701-1763) from An Epistle to the Hon. Arthur Dobbs, Esq. in Europe from a Clergyman in America, 405 WILLIAM DAWSON (1704-1752) The Wager, 413 On the Corruptions of the Stage, 420 To a Friend, Who recommended a Wife to Him, 421 To a Lady, on a Screen of Her Working, 421 JOHN ADAMS (1705-1740) Melancholly discrib'd and dispell'd, 423 CONTENTS xvii ARCHIBALD HOME (C. 1705-1744) An Elegy On the much to be lamented Death of George Fraser of Elizabeth Town, 425 The Ear-Ring, 427 Black-Joke: A Song, 428 On killing a Book-Worm, 429 JOSEPH GREEN (1706-1780) To Mr. B occasioned by his Verse, to Mr. Smibert on seeing his Pictures, 430 The Poet's Lamentation for the Loss of his Cat, which he us'd to call his Muse, 430 On Mr. B—s's singing an Hymn of his own composing, 432 To the Author of the Poetry in the last Weekly Journal, 434 A True Impartial Account of the Celebration of the Prince of Orange's Nuptials at Portsmouth, 435 Inscription under Revd. Jn. Checkley's Picture, 437 "A fig for your learning, I tell you the Town," 437 The Disappointed Cooper, 437 "Hail! D—-p—t of wondrous fame," 440 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790) Drinking Song, 443 I Sing My Plain Country Joan, 444 Three Precepts, 446 MATHER BYLES (1707-1788) Hymn to Christ for our Regeneration and Resurrection, 447 To Pictorio, on the Sight of his Pictures, 448 The Conflagration, 450 JANE COLMAN TURELL (1708-1735) To my Muse, December 29.