afflicted

To thinke of that true glorious type of thine,[*]

The argument of mine afflicted stile:[*] 35

The which to heare, vouchsafe, O dearest dred,[*] a-while.

Narrow nightwatch nigh the ship's head

While she tossed close to cliffs. Coldly afflicted,

My feet were by frost benumbed.

O suffering, sad humanity!

O ye afflicted one; who lie

Steeped to the lips in misery,

most severely under Walsingham's persecution. 'I had', Donne says, 'my

first breeding and conversation with men of suppressed and afflicted

Religion, accustomed to the despite of death, and hungry of an

That piteous Thought which did my life console!

And the afflicted one ... questioning

Mine eyes, if such a Lady saw they never,

"Descend to earth, there place thy throne;

"To succour man's afflicted son

"Each human heart inspire:

But, if I must afflicted be,

To suit some wise design,

But if I must afflicted be,

To suit some wise design;