Herod devoured of Worms. Richard Crashaw (G.) (c. 1613-1649). W.G. Horder, comp. 1895. The Poets' Bible: New Testament

W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895.

Herod devoured of Worms

Richard Crashaw (G.) (c. 1613–1649)


ACTS XII. 23. BEHOLD a god! full voic’d the people cry;
Not man, but god, with shouts they him attest,
What kind of god he is, ye worms, reply—
A crowd that know the secrets of his breast.