Upon My Son Samuel His Goeing For England, Novem. 6, 1657.

  1. Poetry
  2. Poets
  3. Anne Bradstreet
  4. Upon My Son Samuel His Goeing For England, Novem. 6, 1657.

Reading Time: < 1 minute

Poem

Thou mighty God of Sea and Land,
I here resigne into thy hand
The Son of Prayers, of vowes, of teares,
The child I stay’d for many yeares.
Thou heard’st me then, and gav’st him me;
Hear me again, I giue him Thee.
He’s mine, but more, O Lord, thine own,
For sure thy Grace on him is shown.
No freind I haue like Thee to trust,
For mortall helpes are brittle Dvst.
Preserve, O Lord, from stormes and wrack,
Protect him there, and bring him back;
And if thou shalt spare me a space,
That I again may see his face,
Then shall I celebrate thy Praise,
And Blesse the for’t even all my Dayes.
If otherwise I goe to Rest,
Thy Will bee done, for that is best;
Perswade my heart I shall him see
For ever happefy’d with Thee.

Previous Poem
Upon A Fit Of Sickness
Next Poem
Vanity Of All Worldly Things, The