TheTHIEF.
O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me.
Isaiahxxxviii. 14.
Men to destroy with fell Intent,The Thief by Night does rise;But now to spoil an aged DameOf a full Basket tries.I suffer Wrong, she cries, and GodSends Death to her Relief,Who, by the Hangman’s certain Gripe,Strangles the greedy Thief.
Men to destroy with fell Intent,The Thief by Night does rise;But now to spoil an aged DameOf a full Basket tries.I suffer Wrong, she cries, and GodSends Death to her Relief,Who, by the Hangman’s certain Gripe,Strangles the greedy Thief.
Men to destroy with fell Intent,The Thief by Night does rise;But now to spoil an aged DameOf a full Basket tries.
Men to destroy with fell Intent,
The Thief by Night does rise;
But now to spoil an aged Dame
Of a full Basket tries.
I suffer Wrong, she cries, and GodSends Death to her Relief,Who, by the Hangman’s certain Gripe,Strangles the greedy Thief.
I suffer Wrong, she cries, and God
Sends Death to her Relief,
Who, by the Hangman’s certain Gripe,
Strangles the greedy Thief.