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Edward Taylor (1642 - 1729)
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Edward Taylor was born in Leicestershire, England in 1642. He originally worked as a school teacher, but later left England for the United States. He .. more >>
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  One sorry fret,
An anvill Sparke, rose higher,
And in thy Temple falling, almost set
The house on fire.
Such fireballs dropping in the Temple Flame
Burns up the building: Lord...
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. An Address to the Soul Occasioned by a Rain (l. 25-30). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthi...
 
  Oh, what a might is this whose single frown
Doth shake the world as it would shake it down?
Which all from nothing fet, from nothing all;
Hath all on nothing set, lets nothing fall.
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. God's Determinations: Preface (l. 25-30). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (19...
 
  ''That now his brightest diamond is grown
Darker by far than any coalpit stone.''
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. God's Determinations: Preface (l. 25-30). . . Oxford Book of American Verse, The. F. O. Matthiessen, ed. (19...
 
  Oh! joyous hearts! enfired with holy flame!
Is speech thus tasseled with praise?
Will not your inward fire of joy contain:
That it in open flames doth blaze?
For in Christ's coach ...
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. God's Determinations: The Joy of Church Fellowship Rightly Attended (l. 25-30). . . Oxford Book of American ...
 
  ''Make me thy Spinning Wheele of use for thee,
Thy Grace my Distaffe, and my heart thy Spoole.
Turn thou the wheele: let mine Affections bee
The flyer filling with thy yarne my soule.''
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. Huswifery (l. 1-4). . . Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983...
 
  Make me thy Loome: thy Grace the warfe therein,
My duties Woofe, and let thy word winde Quills.
The shuttle shoot. Cut off the ends my sins.
Thy Ordinances make my fulling mills,
M...
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. Huswifery (l. 7-12). . . Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 198...
 
  Oh! that thy love might overflow my Heart!
To fire the same with Love: for Love I would.
But oh! my streight'ned Breast! my Lifeless Sparke!
My Fireless Flame! What Chilly Love, and Col...
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. Preparatory Meditations; I. What love is this of thing (l. 13-18). . . Poets of the English Language, Vols. ...
 
  Once at thy Feast, I saw thee Pearle-like stand
'Tween Heaven and Earth, where Heavens Bright glory all
In streams fell on thee, as a floodgate and
Like Sun Beams through thee on the Wo...
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. Preparatory Meditations; IV. Lord, art thou at the table head above (l. 25-30). . . Oxford Book of American ...
 
  In this sad state, God Tender Bowells run
Out streams of Grace: And he to end all strife
The Purest Wheate in Heaven, his deare-dear Son
Grinds, and kneads up into this Bread of Life. ...
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. Preparatory Meditations; VIII. I Am the Living Bread (l. 19-24). . . Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexan...
 
  ''To tangle Adams race
In's stratagems''
Edward Taylor (1645-1729), U.S. poet. Upon a Spider Catching a Fly (l. 36-37). . . Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and other...
 

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