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Huswiferyby Edward Taylor Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheele compleat; Thy Holy Worde my Distaff make for meeMake mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neate, And make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee My Conversation make to be thy Reele, And reele the yarn thereon spun of thy WheeleMake me thy Loome then, knit therein this Twine: And make thy Holy Spirit, Lord, winde quills: Then weave the Web thyselfeThe yarn is fine Thine Ordinances make my Fulling Mills Then dy the same in Heavenly Colours Choice, All pinkt with Varnish't Flowers of ParadiseThen cloath therewith mine Understanding, Will, Affections, Judgment, Conscience, Memory; My Words and Actions, that their shine may fill My wayes with glory and thee glorify Then mine apparell shall display before yee That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory.~Im trying to annotate it so if someone could help me with what each stanza generally means that would be great :)

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When you bought the bracelet, Was there a silver cleaning cloth? Just use it.My bracelet is Soufeel ,it's much cheaper than Pandoraand cleaning easy just use the cleaning clothIt won't ruining the bracelet but you 'better put the charms off.May my answer can help you.
The whole poem is an extended metaphor, using the spinning of thread and the weaving of the thread into cloth as a spiritual advancement, until, from the raw fibres the poet is Cloatht in Holy robes for glory Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheele compleat; Thy Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee-distaff, used for keeping the threads seperate before they are spun Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neate, -affections feelings) And make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee- Spool, the part of a spinning wheel onto which the spun thread is wound My Conversation make to be thy Reele, And reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele So, The Holy Word holds my raw (spiritual) material my feelings, soul, and conversations are made into the thread by God's actions Make me thy Loome then, knit therein this Twine: Loome Loom for weavin cloth, Twinw thread And make thy Holy Spirit, Lord, winde quills: Then weave the Web thyselfeThe yarn is fine- Web, a woven cloth consists of the Warp, and weft, CF Tennysons Lady of Shalott She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces through the room, She saw the water-lily bloom, She saw the helmet and the plume,She looked down to CamelotOut flew the web and floated wide; The mirror cracked from side to side; The curse is come upon me, criedThe Lady of Shalott Thine Ordinances make my Fulling Mills-Fulling mills, Fulling is a process of turning woven cloth into felt by pounding itOrdinances are laws or commandments Then dy the same in Heavenly Colours Choice, All pinkt with Varnish't Flowers of Paradise Then cloath therewith mine Understanding, Will, Affections, Judgment, Conscience, Memory; My Words and Actions, that their shine may fill My wayes with glory and thee glorify- The poets feelings and actions are to be clothed with God's work, both to raise up the poet spiritually 'my wayes with glory' and to glorify GodThen mine apparell shall display before yee That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory.

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