In 1936, his poetry was discovered in the library of Yale by Thomas Johnson.
This author described a "Bird of Paradise put in / This Wicker Cage (my Corps) to tweedle praise" which "peckt the Fruite forbad" and "fell into Celestiall Famine sore" in a poem describing Jesus' creation of "Heavens Sugar Cake." In another poem, this author lamented "But, oh my Lord! let mee lodge in thy Love. / Although thy Love play bow-peep with me here. / Though I be dark: want Spectacles to prove / Thou lovest mee: I shall at last see Clear." In addition to "I am the Living Bread" and "Let Him Kiss Me With the Kisse of His Mouth," this author's sermons about the typology of Jesus Christ are collected in Christographia. He compared people saved by God's grace to "Nightingales" perched in "Glories Cage" in a poem about insects caught in a web, "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly," and entreated "Make me, O Lord, thy Spining Wheele compleate" in a poem comparing God to a woman turning yarn into cloth. In 1936, his poetry was discovered in the library of Yale by Thomas Johnson. For 10 points, name this seventeenth century author of ? "Huswifery" and Preparatory Meditations, the only known American metaphysical poet.
This author described a "Bird of Paradise put in / This Wicker Cage (my Corps) to tweedle praise" which "peckt the Fruite forbad" and "fell into Celestiall Famine sore" in a poem describing Jesus' creation of "Heavens Sugar Cake."
Edward {Taylor}