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AN ODE, OR PSALME, TO GOD, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Deer god, / if thy smart rod
Last Line: With thee, and thine in heaven.
Subject(s): God


Deer God,
If thy smart Rod
Here did not make me sorrie,
I sho'd not be
With Thine, or Thee,
In Thy eternall Glorie.

But since
Thou didst convince
My sinnes, by gently striking;
Add still to those
First stripes, new blowes,
According to Thy liking.

Feare me,
Or scourging teare me;
That thus from vices driven,
I may from Hell
Flie up, to dwell
With Thee, and Thine in Heaven.





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