Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life; Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign, Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife, And so turns wine to water back again.
A pillow for thee will I bring,Stuffed with down of angel's wing. - Richard Crashaw
A pillow for thee will I bring,Stuffed with down of angel's wing.
- Richard Crashaw
Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag, the other to pray. - Richard Crashaw
Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag, the other to pray.
Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth. - Richard Crashaw
Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.
And when life's sweet fable ends, soul and body part like friends; no quarrels, murmurs, no delay; a kiss, a sigh, and so away. - Richard Crashaw
And when life's sweet fable ends, soul and body part like friends; no quarrels, murmurs, no delay; a kiss, a sigh, and so away.
Nights, sweet as they, Made short by lovers play, Yet long by the absence of the day. - Richard Crashaw
Nights, sweet as they, Made short by lovers play, Yet long by the absence of the day.
Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, And there be words not made with lungs. - Richard Crashaw
Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, And there be words not made with lungs.
Hark! She is called, the parting hour is come. Take thy farewell, poor world! Heaven must go home. . . . - Richard Crashaw
Hark! She is called, the parting hour is come. Take thy farewell, poor world! Heaven must go home. . . .
And I, what is my crime I cannot tell, Unless it be a crime to haue lou'd too well. - Richard Crashaw
And I, what is my crime I cannot tell, Unless it be a crime to haue lou'd too well.
All thy old woes shall now smile on thee, and thy pains sit bright on thee. All thy sorrows here shall shine and thy sufferings be divine; Tears shal… - Richard Crashaw
All thy old woes shall now smile on thee, and thy pains sit bright on thee. All thy sorrows here shall shine and thy sufferings be divine; Tears shal…
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