Today we have the last of Anne Locke’s sonnet sequence: it begins with a five sonnet introduction. In this sonnet, as in the psalm, the…
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I have not previously posted the introduction to the meditations of a penitent sinner, which have been the Sunday Sonnets for the last couple of…
This is the second to last Sonnet in this sequence. The text is Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls…
We are approaching the end of Anne Locke’s sonnet sequence. Why did I bother? Well, it is good, the first use of the Shakespearean Sonnet…
It is late Sunday Evening. We have had a series of storms over the weekend, and other things to do. There has been a loss…
Locke continues with the second half of her poem cycle. She is following the psalmist, who is praising God for his forgiveness despite (in the…
One tries to keep this sonnet cycle in sequence. The text today is Restore unto me the joy of your salvation (again Psalm 51) and…
The paraphrase that Locke did continues. Locke is working on the following verse Cast me not away from your presence/ and take not your Holy…
This is one of those things where the older language and the newer language differ. The verse Locke is paraphrasing in a modern translation is….
Locke continues. Hyssop was used to sprinkle consecrated water on healed lepers as a rite of purification. (Leviticus 14:3-8). Locke takes this as analogy: as…