By Night when Others Soundly
Slept
By night when others soundly slept
And hath at
once both ease and Rest,
My waking eyes were open kept
And so to lie I found it best.
I sought him
whom my Soul did Love,
With tears I sought him earnestly.
He bow'd his ear down from Above.
In vain I did not seek
or cry.
My hungry Soul he fill'd with Good;
He in his Bottle put my tears,
My smarting wounds washt in
his blood,
And banisht thence my Doubts and fears.
What to my Saviour shall I give
Who freely hath done this for me?
I'll serve him here whilst I
shall live
And Loue him to Eternity.
Anne Bradstreet