The pilgrim's progress in verse Author:John Bunyan Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BHUTAN'S PILGRIM IN VERSE. A I walked througk this wilderness To seek my crown, it seemed, I lighted on a certain den In which I slept and dreamed 1 ... more »I saw a man all elothed in rags, And they were filthy, too, Mot fit to come before the king, With whom he had to do. A burden, too, was on his back, Which press'd him with its weight Just like a cart beneath its sheaves— The burden was so great. His face was now turned from his house, And in his hands a book, For on the things he once so loved, He now did shun to look. I saw him reading in his book, All trembling and afraid— Then, with a cry of loud lament, " What shall I do?" he said. In this sad plight he reach'd his home— There sought to be resign'd, That neither wife nor child might know The troubles of his mind. But silence he could not endure, And thus I heard him say :— As he to wife and children talked In this affecting way— "Oh! my dear wife, with whom I live, And children that I love, A heavy burden lies on me Which I cannot remove: Moreover, I have been informed God will this city burn— This very place, wherein we dwell, He will to ashes turn. And you, my wife, and our sweet babe His judgment will o'ertake, Unless some unknown way be found Whereby we may escape." At this his friends were sore amazed, Not that they thought 'twas true, But feared some phrenzy ailed his brain That would his mind undo. ""-x. And they, as night was drawing nigh, Besought him to repose, In the vain hope that soft'ning sleep Would gently soothe his woes. But sleep refused to lend her aid In banishing his fears, And all that long and troublous night He spent in sighs and tears. So, when the morning light was come, They asked him how he was; He told...« less