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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	know_v	time_n	17,015	5	3.8228	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03438	Verses set forth by Henry Faulconer bell-man and presented to his worthy masters in the vvard of Farrington Within.	Faulconer, Henry.	1670 (1670)	Wing F558B; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.4[227]	1,132	1

VERSES set Forth by HENRY FAULCONER BELL-MAN And Presented to His Worthy Masters in the VVard of FARRINGTON WITHIN WHEN Sun from Sky is fled and don 't appear And Midnight-Silence doth possess each Ear When it doth freeze and snow and cold Winds blow My Service in the dark I to you show Walking my Rounds and Ringing of my Bell To see your Houses are in Safety well I go through Storms of Hail and Frost and Rain And still your Humble Servant will remain For michaelmass-Michaelmass-Day MASTERS you know this is not the first time That I have unto you express'd my Rime Good-Morrow Sirs you see I do not fail Upon this day St. Michael did prevail Over the Devil only with this Speech The Lord rebuke thee Satan I beseech It is to teach us that whilst here we live Bad Language to our Foes we should not give For the Evening SLEEP of the Blest makes Kings and Kings of Men Whom Cares still flie and Rest embraceth them Of Mischiefs the sole solace and best Friend To give them due repose and Comfort lend Who putting on the shape of Death do'st give Only by that all Creatures means to live Sleep Thou hast but two Sisters and they are Death and Oblivion both which shorten care MAster 's your Bell-man humble Thanks Presents Unto you all for your Benevolence Of late receiv'd by him from your free hand The Lord reward you who hath all Command With the best Blessings in this Vale of strife Crown you hereafter with eternal life And so till after Candlemass I 'le Ring my Bell In hopes that these rude Lines will please you well ARISE from Sin Awake from Sleep The Earth doth mourn the Heavens weep The Winds and Seas distemper'd have bin And all 's by Reason of Man's Sin Wherefore Arise lay Sleep aside And call on God to be your Guide From raging Sword and Arrows flight And from the Terrours of the Night From Fire's flame from sin and sorrow God bless you all and so Good-Morrow For Christmass-day TRUE Son of God Elder then Time that hast Thy Birth but now yet from Beginning wast Author of Light and Light before all other O thou that wast the Parent of thy Mother Whose Word was made Flesh and constrain'd to dwell In the streight Prison of a Virgins Cell All this the King of Glory did and more To make us Kings that were but Slaves before For the Morning ASsist me Muses all that I may praise The glorious Morning and her glitt'ring Rays Thorough all the spacious Earth for to thy grace The Morning-Sun steals Kisses from thy Face All sleepy Mankind to their Sports thou ' wakest And sleepy Slumbers from their Eye-lids takest Thy Beauty to behold or hear thy Voice Serpents and Men Beasts Birds and all rejoyce On DEATH DEATH is but one short Sleep and Life's no more But one short Watch an Houres-time before Let us endeavour whilst to us there 's light And see our Journey be not left till Night That when the Moment comes which others dread We may with Courage climb our dying bed And so from thence to th' Skies we may ascend To meet our Saviour CHRIST at this Worlds END