The Day of Doom

A fragmentary copy of the first edition of The Day of Doom, held at Houghton Library, Harvard University

"The Day of Doom: or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment"[1] is a religious poem by clergyman Michael Wigglesworth that became a best-selling classic in Puritan New England for a century after it was published in 1662 by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson. The poem describes the Day of Judgment, on which a vengeful God judges and sentences all men, going into detail as to the various categories of people who think themselves excusable who will nonetheless end up in Hell.

  1. ^ Wigglesworth, Michael (1867) [reprint of 6th ed 1715]. The day of doom: or, A poetical description of the great and last judgment. American News Company – via Internet Archive.