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Deliverance From A Fit Of Fainting

By Anne Bradstreet

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Worthy art Thou, O Lord, of praise,     But ah! It's not in me.     My sinking heart I pray Thee raise     So shall I give it Thee.     My life as spider's webb's cut off,     Thus fainting have I said,     And living man no more shall see     But be in silence laid.     My feeble spirit Thou didst revive,     My doubting Thou didst chide,     And though as dead mad'st me alive,     I here a while might 'bide.     Why should I live but to Thy praise?     My life is hid with Thee.     O Lord, no longer be my days     Than I may fruitful be.

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About Anne Bradstreet

Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672) was the first published poet of English America. Her collection "The Tenth Muse" (1650) explores domestic life, faith, and the New World experience, and she is considered the founding mother of American poetry.

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