Upon my Son Samuel his goeing for England, Novem 6, 1657

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Title:     Upon my Son Samuel his goeing for England, Novem 6, 1657
Author: Anne Bradstreet [More Titles by Bradstreet]

Thou mighty God of Sea and Land,
I here resigne into thy hand
The Son of prayers, of vowes, of teares,
The child I stayed for many yeares.
Thou heard'st me then and gave'st him me;
Hear me again, I give him Thee.
He's mine, but more, O Lord thine own,
For sure thy Grace is on him shown.
No friend I have like Thee to trust,
For mortall helps are brittle Dust.
Preserve O Lord, from stormes and wrack,
Protect him there and bring him back;
And if thou shall spare me a space,
That I again may see his face,
Then shall I celebrate thy Praise,
And Blesse thee 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
Forever happefy'd with Thee.

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Anne Bradstreet's poem: Upon my Son Samuel his goeing for England, Novem 6, 1657

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