'I am ready not to be bound only but to dye'. Richard Crashaw (c. 1613-1649). W.G. Horder, comp. 1895. The Poets' Bible: New Testament

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

‘I am ready not to be bound only but to dye’

Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649)


ACTS XXI. 13. COME death, come bonds, nor do you shrink, my eares
At those hard words man’s cowardize calls feares.
Save those of feare, no other bonds fear I
Nor other death than this—the feare to die.