(Lord’s day). At church in the morning. A stranger made a very good sermon. Dined at home, and Mr. Spong came to see me; so he and I sat down a little to sing some French psalms, and then comes Mr. Shepley and Mr. Moore, and so we to dinner, and after dinner to church again, where a Presbyter made a sad and long sermon, which vexed me, and so home, and so to walk on the leads, and supper and to prayers and bed.
morning anger
made me see
down to some alms
in an inner church
I reap a sad home
and walk on lead
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 1 June 1662.