Richard Crashaw ( 10 of 10 )
Welcome! all Wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span. Summer in winter, day in night, read more
Welcome! all Wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span. Summer in winter, day in night, Heaven in earth, and God in man. Great little one! whose all-embracing birth Lifts earth to heaven, stoops heav'n to earth!
The conscious water saw its God and blushed.
- Richard Crashaw,
The conscious water saw its God and blushed.
- Richard Crashaw,
Feast of Philip & James, Apostles Come Love, come Lord, and that long day For which I languish, come away. read more
Feast of Philip & James, Apostles Come Love, come Lord, and that long day For which I languish, come away. When this dry soul those eyes shall see And drink the unseal'd source of Thee, When glory's sun faith's shades shall chase, Then for Thy veil give me Thy face.
Tresses, that wear
Jewels, but to declare
How much themselves more precious are.
Tresses, that wear
Jewels, but to declare
How much themselves more precious are.
A happy soul, that all the way
To heaven hath a summer's day.
A happy soul, that all the way
To heaven hath a summer's day.
Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
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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.
- Richard Crashaw,
I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.
I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.
Days that need borrow
No part of their good morrow,
From a fore-spent night of sorrow.
Days that need borrow
No part of their good morrow,
From a fore-spent night of sorrow.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though
nothing is a miracle. The other read more
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though
nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a
miracle.
Eyes, that displaces
The neighbor diamond, and out-faces
That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.
Eyes, that displaces
The neighbor diamond, and out-faces
That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.
