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HIS SECOND DRE
Soon after this as Joseph sleeping lay,
Free from the toils and troubles of the day,
He dreamed a second dream, and told the same
Unto his brothers, as to them he came;
Saying, in sleep appeared before my eyes,
The sun, the moon, the seven stars likowise,
All making their obedience unto me,
With meek and humble humility.
He told it likewise to his father dear,
Who chid him, saying, what is this I hear ?
Must I, thy mother, and thy brothers too,
Be all obliged to bow the kneo to you,
Low on the earth, as if you reigned and ruled
'Tis very hard that aged parents should
A meek and lowly veneration pay
To you who ought to honour and obey.
