"Here stood that Trunk, and there that chest;
There lay that store I counted best:
My pleasant things in ashes lye,
And them behold no more shall I.
Under thy roof no guest shall sitt,
Nor at thy Table eat a bitt."
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This table of contents contains the poetry on Fire and Ice. There a Table of Contents for sermons and extracts, and a separate listing for history and biography.
Anne Bradstreet
- Poems and Meditations
She was the first English poet in America, and her poems are filled with her struggles and faith.
William Cowper
- Poems
From the friend and collaborator of John Newton came a steady stream of poems and hymns, many familiar today. Here are a few hymns and extracts from his longer poems.
Ralph Erskine
- Index
Although Ralph is not as well-known as his brother Ebenezer, he was more literary, musically inclined, and theologically deep. His poems are devotional and spiritually sensitive. Here is Calvinism put to song.
Edward Taylor
- Poems
A selection of poems by a contemporary of Increase Mather and Solomon Stoddard. The Puritans not only preached great sermons, some of them created masterpieces of devotional literature as well. Give them a try.
Michael Wigglesworth
- Poems
His poetry was not so polished as Taylor's, nevertheless Wigglesworth captured the doctrinal and religious life of the New England Puritans. His works were very popular among them, second only to Bunyan. Contributed by Stephen Lawson.
John Newton
- Newton wrote many hymns, both with Cowper and on his own. He also wrote poetry. While he is not as elegant a poet as Cowper, his poetry has a clarity and simple charm that is appealing.
- On Dreaming
- The World
- Praise for the Incarnation
- Men Honoured Above Angels
- Saturday Evening
- Ebenezer
- At the Close of the Year
- Joy and Peace in Believing
- The Day of Judgement
Poems Inspired by Samuel Rutherford
- Last Words by Mrs. A. R. Cousin. Based on several of the Letters and S.R.'s last words. It was set to music, and is in the Trinity Hymnal under the title "The Sands Of Time Are Sinking." Here are all the stanzas.
- Through Brier and Bush by Faith Cook. A lovely poem based on Letter 131, from her book "Grace in Winter."
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