But when these shades of time are chas’d away, And darkness ends in everlasting day, On what seraphic pinions shall we move, And view the landscapes in the realms above? There shall thy tongue in heav’nly murmurs flow, And there my muse with heav’nly transport glow:
I feel like she is saying that at the end of the day, when everything is all said and done, her work will live on forever.
Celestial Salem blooms in endless spring.
talks about how beautiful the spring time can be during this time.
When first thy pencil did those beauties give, And breathing figures learnt from thee to live,
im assuming these are the initial thoughts and feelings when they first learned how to paint and draw.
Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain,May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.
these last 2 stanzas sort of summarize the whole meaning of this article which is no matter what skin color you are, what background you are from, you'll always be welcome to join Paganism.
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
this demonstartes her faith in god and she knows and believes that matter what she does, she can confidently confess her sins to god and he will forgive her.
But I reluctant leave the pleasing views,Which Fancy dresses to delight the Muse;Winter austere forbids me to aspire,
She is basically saying that she feels like she is in control of her imagination and her thoughts and can leave pr stop whenever she desires.
Whose silken fetters all the senses bind,And soft captivity involves the mind.
tends to use a lot of imagery as well she is very aware of what kind of world is around her.
Thy various works, imperial queen, we see, How bright their forms! how deck'd with pomp by thee!
In this first stanza the author uses a lot imagery as you can tell she is using her creativity and imagination.
Whence Checkling smiles fought in each others face.
he is probably just emphasize how everyone is so happy in that moment.
Understanding, Will, Affections, Judgment, Conscience, Memory My Words, and Actions, that their shine may fill My wayes with glory and thee glorify.
I feel like he is saying if you understanding these things you will glorify in whatever you do.
My Conversation make to be thy Reele And reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele.
im assuming he's expressing himself on how he feels when he's having a conversation with a certain person.
But mighty, Gracious Lord Communicate Thy Grace to breake the Cord, afford Us Glorys Gate
this seems to be some kind of prayer, don't know from which perspective.
Whereas the silly Fly, Caught by its leg Thou by the throate tookst hastily And 'hinde the head Bite Dead.
talks about the fly getting caught and eventually dies
But as affraid, remote Didst stand hereat,
I feel he is talking about the wasp and how It is afraid when It is threatened.
The occasion (as I thought) of their moving at this time was the English army, it being near and following them. For they went as if they had gone for their lives, for some considerable way, and then they made a stop, and chose some of their stoutest men, and sent them back to hold the E
demonstrates the fear that the natives had when they fighting the english army.
the Bible, and in that melancholy time, it came into my mind to read first the 28th chapter of Deuteronomy, which I did, and when I had read it, my dark heart wrought on this manner: that there was no mercy for me, that the blessings were gone, and the curses come in their room, and that I had lost my opportunity. But the Lord helped me still to go on reading till I came to Chap. 30, the seven first verses, where I found, there was mercy promised again, if we would return to Him by repentance; and though we were scattered from one end of the earth to the other, yet the Lord would gather us together, and turn all those curses upon our enemies. I do not desire to live to forget this Scripture, and what comfort it was to me.
Mostly this section just talks about he decided to go back and read the bible to give him the reassurance that he needed.
t God was with me in a wonderful manner, carrying me along, and bearing up my spirit, that it did not quite fail.
despite everything that was going on It was willing to believe in God and that power that It gives you to keep you pushing
t God was with me in a wonderful manner, carrying me along, and bearing up my spirit, that it did not quite fail.
despite everything that was going on It was willing to believe in God and that power that It gives you to keep you pushing
In Criticks hands, beware thou dost not come; And take thy way where yet thou art not known,
in this line I feel like she's talking about critics and how they don't really give enough credit when It comes to the creativity in a poem
I wash’d thy face, but more defects I saw, And rubbing off a spot, still made a flaw.
I feel like she is talking about her book here and the mistakes she made on It.
on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming;
Maybe her mother has implemented this idea if she walks a certain way she will look a slut.
this is how to make a good medicine to throw away a child before it even becomes a child;
abortion?
this is how you iron your father’s khaki shirt so that it doesn’t have a crease; this is how you iron your father’s khaki pants so that they don’t have a crease
you can tell in this society the men do most of the hard-providing while the women do more of the home chores.
be sure that it doesn’t have gum in it, because that way it won’t hold up well after a wash;
You can tell that she has done this for a very long time because she knows all of the small details such as this one.