| Samuel Kettell, ed. Specimens of American Poetry. 1829. | | | | On the Death of his Son | | By Cotton Mather (1663–1728) |
| | The motto, inscribed on the grave stone,
“Reserved for a glorious Resurrection.”
THE EXHORTATION of the Lord, | |
| With consolation speaks to us; | |
| As to his children his good word, | |
| We must remember speaking thus: | |
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| My child, when God shall chasten thee, | 5 |
| His chastening do thou not contemn: | |
| When thou his just rebukes dost see, | |
| Faint not rebuked under them. | |
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| The Lord with fit afflictions will | |
| Correct the children of his love; | 10 |
| He doth himself their father still, | |
| By his most wise corrections prove. | |
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| Afflictions for the present here | |
| The vexed flesh will grievous call; | |
| But afterwards there will appear, | 15 |
| Not grief, but peace, the end of all. | | | | |
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