River is time in water; as it came,
Still so it flows; yet never is the same.
I wake, and so new live; a night’s protection
Is a new wonder, whiles a resurrection.
The sun’s up; yet myself and God most bright 5
I can’t see; I’m too dark, and He’s too light.
Let devout prayér cast me to the ground,
So shall I yet to heaven be nearer found.
Clay, sand, and rock seem of a different birth;
So men; some stiff, some loose, some firm; all earth! 10