Huswifery

Huswifery

Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheele compleat;

Thy Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee.

Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neate,

And make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee.

My Conversation make to be thy Reele,

And reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele.

Make me thy Loome then, knit therein this Twine:

And make thy Holy Spirit, Lord, winde quills:

Then weave the Web thyselfe. The yarn is fine.

Thine Ordinances make my Fulling Mills.

Then dy the same in Heavenly Colours Choice,

All pinkt with Varnish't Flowers of Paradise.

Then cloath therewith mine Understanding, Will,

Affections, Judgment, Conscience, Memory;

My Words and Actions, that their shine may fill

My wayes with glory and thee glorify.

Then mine apparell shall display before yee

That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory.

Reflection:

I found this poem to be a bit confusing because it was hard to understand. The author spelled things a little weird sometimes and talked as if he were writing this poem in the Middle Ages. I read the poem over a few times and then began to understand that the narrator is talking about how he wants to become holy and I think progress into Heaven because he wants to put on the "Holy Robes" and he was talking about how he would help make it.
This poem shows that the Lord works in mysterious ways because in this poem he is going to allow acceptance into Heaven through the wearing of some "Holy Robes" but the Lord most likely chose this person for their characteristics because if not someone who was completely horrible and life full of sins could gain acceptance into Heaven.

Diary:

Dear Diary,

I have come to find Huswifery of great importance because it expresses the true passion for religion and religion in our community is highly praised. The way Edward Taylor uses diction in order to reinforce points of importance such as stressing religion and how it is to be folllowed by everyone. This great work of art by Taylor has opened my eyes to reveal that I should let myself be saved and I should find myself within the Lord's realm. The unique form in which the author wrote this poem allows us to see things in different ways just as he did and with that I find that maybe I should try to balance my life a little more between family, work, and worship.

Praise

Political Extension:

Essential Question Answer:

Refer to "Plymouth Plantation" Essential Question Answer.