| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | Nicodemus | | Richard Crashaw (G.) (c. 1613–1649) |
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’TWAS night; and, Teacher all untaught, | |
| Thy darkness thou to Christ hast brought; | |
| But while attent He speaks to thee | |
| Benignant words, that thou mayst see, | |
| Leading higher still and higher, | 5 |
| As thy yearnings do aspire, | |
| Guiding thee, by sure grace given, | |
| Through secret paths that reach to heaven | |
| Lo! the Sun on thee is risen, | |
| Bursting from his cloudy prison, | 10 |
| Showing Him the Life, the Way, | |
| Flushing with first bloom of day, | |
| Quivering with a golden light, | |
| Such as on wav’ring seas gleams bright. | |
| The Sun is risen; yet darkness lies, | 15 |
| Good Nicodemus on thine eyes, | |
| But the night’s thine own; for, lo, | |
| All heav’n above doth lustrous glow. | | | | |
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