Poems and Extracts/St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist, (Painted by herself) in the Wilderness with Angels appearing to him & with a Lamb by him.
The sun's my fire, when it doth shine,
The hollow spring's my cave of wine,
The rocks and woods afford me meat;
This Lamb and I from one dish eat:
The neighbouring herds my garments send,
My pallet the kind earth does lend:
Excess and grandeur I decline
My sole Associates are divine.
Mrs. Killigrew.