| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | | Divine Poems | | 7. Ascension |
| | | Salute the last and everlasting day, | |
| Joy at th’ uprising of this Sun, and Son, | |
| Ye whose true tears, 1 or tribulation | |
| Have purely wash’d, or burnt your drossy clay. | |
| Behold, the Highest, parting hence away, | 5 |
| Lightens the dark clouds, which He treads upon; | |
| Nor doth He by ascending show alone, | |
| But first He, and He first enters the way. | |
| O strong Ram, which hast batter’d heaven for me! | |
| Mild Lamb which with Thy Blood hast mark’d the path! | 10 |
| Bright Torch, which shinest, that I the way may see! | |
| O, with Thy own Blood quench Thy own just wrath; | |
| And if Thy Holy Spirit my Muse did raise, | |
| Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise. | |
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