On the Water of Our Lord's Baptisme. 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.

On the Water of Our Lord’s Baptisme

Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649)


EACH blest drop on each blest limme
Is wash’t itselfe in washing Him:
’Tis a gemme while it stayes here;
While it falls hence ’tis a teare.