25
So, in his purple wrapp'd receive mee Lord,
By these his thornes give me his other Crowne;
And as to others soules I preach'd thy word,
Be this my Text, my Sermon to mine owne,
Therfore that he may raise the Lord throws down.
So, in his purple wrapp'd receive mee Lord,
By these his thornes give me his other Crowne;
And as to others soules I preach'd thy word,
Be this my Text, my Sermon to mine owne,
Therfore that he may raise the Lord throws down.
John Donne
_B_, _O'F_]
[376 15 Gone _&c. _] _Old edd. transfer_ 15 _to next line,
wrongly. In consequence, the remaining verses are all a number
short, but the complete number of 22 is made up by breaking
the last verse_, 'For oughtest thou _&c. _,' _into two. I
have corrected throughout. _]
[389 thus,] thus _1633_]
_Hymne to God my God, in my sicknesse. _
Since I am comming to that Holy roome,
Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore,
I shall be made thy Musique; As I come
I tune the Instrument here at the dore,
And what I must doe then, thinke here before. 5
Whilst my Physitians by their love are growne
Cosmographers, and I their Mapp, who lie
Flat on this bed, that by them may be showne
That this is my South-west discoverie
_Per fretum febris_, by these streights to die, 10
I joy, that in these straits, I see my West;
For, though theire currants yeeld returne to none,
What shall my West hurt me? As West and East
In all flatt Maps (and I am one) are one,
So death doth touch the Resurrection. 15
Is the Pacifique Sea my home? Or are
The Easterne riches? Is _Ierusalem_?
_Anyan_, and _Magellan_, and _Gibraltare_,
All streights, and none but streights, are wayes to them,
Whether where _Iaphet_ dwelt, or _Cham_, or _Sem_. 20
We thinke that _Paradise_ and _Calvarie_,
_Christs_ Crosse, and _Adams_ tree, stood in one place;
Looke Lord, and finde both _Adams_ met in me;
As the first _Adams_ sweat surrounds my face,
May the last _Adams_ blood my soule embrace.
25
So, in his purple wrapp'd receive mee Lord,
By these his thornes give me his other Crowne;
And as to others soules I preach'd thy word,
Be this my Text, my Sermon to mine owne,
Therfore that he may raise the Lord throws down. 30
[Hymn to God _&c. _ _1635-69_, _S96_, _and in part
Walton_ (Life of D^{r} John Donne. 1670), _who adds_ March
23, 1630]
[2 thy _1635 and Walton_ (_1670_): the _1639-69_]
[4 the Instrument _1635-69:_ my instrument _Walton_]
[6 Whilst . . . love] Since . . . loves _Walton_]
[10 to die, _1635:_ to die. _1639-54:_ to dy^{. } _1669_]
[12 theire _S96:_ those _1635-69_]
[18 _Gibraltare_, _1635-54:_ Gabraltare, _1669:_ Gibraltar?
_1719_, _Chambers:_ Gibraltar are _Grosart_. _See note_]
[19 but streights, _Ed:_ but streights _1635-69_]
[24 first] sist _1669_]
[28 others souls] other souls _Walton and S96_]
[30 That, he may raise; therefore, _Walton_]
* * * * *
[Illustration: JOHN DONNE
EFFIGIES REUERENDISS: UIRI IOHANNIS DONNE NUPER ECCLES: PAULINAE DECANI
_Corporis haec Animae sit Syndon Syndon Jesu_
Amen
_Martin [DR monogram] scup_ _And are to be sould by RR and Ben: ffisher_
("Portrait of the very reverend John Donne, lately Dean of St Paul's. "
The meaning of the second line is highly obscure; possibly "May this be
the shroud of my body, Jesus the shroud of my soul"; or possibly: "May
this be the shroud of my body, Jesus's shroud that of my soul". The
monogram is that of Martin Droeshout)]
From the frontispiece to _Death's Duel_, 1632]
* * * * *
_A Hymne to God the Father:_
I.
[376 15 Gone _&c. _] _Old edd. transfer_ 15 _to next line,
wrongly. In consequence, the remaining verses are all a number
short, but the complete number of 22 is made up by breaking
the last verse_, 'For oughtest thou _&c. _,' _into two. I
have corrected throughout. _]
[389 thus,] thus _1633_]
_Hymne to God my God, in my sicknesse. _
Since I am comming to that Holy roome,
Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore,
I shall be made thy Musique; As I come
I tune the Instrument here at the dore,
And what I must doe then, thinke here before. 5
Whilst my Physitians by their love are growne
Cosmographers, and I their Mapp, who lie
Flat on this bed, that by them may be showne
That this is my South-west discoverie
_Per fretum febris_, by these streights to die, 10
I joy, that in these straits, I see my West;
For, though theire currants yeeld returne to none,
What shall my West hurt me? As West and East
In all flatt Maps (and I am one) are one,
So death doth touch the Resurrection. 15
Is the Pacifique Sea my home? Or are
The Easterne riches? Is _Ierusalem_?
_Anyan_, and _Magellan_, and _Gibraltare_,
All streights, and none but streights, are wayes to them,
Whether where _Iaphet_ dwelt, or _Cham_, or _Sem_. 20
We thinke that _Paradise_ and _Calvarie_,
_Christs_ Crosse, and _Adams_ tree, stood in one place;
Looke Lord, and finde both _Adams_ met in me;
As the first _Adams_ sweat surrounds my face,
May the last _Adams_ blood my soule embrace.
25
So, in his purple wrapp'd receive mee Lord,
By these his thornes give me his other Crowne;
And as to others soules I preach'd thy word,
Be this my Text, my Sermon to mine owne,
Therfore that he may raise the Lord throws down. 30
[Hymn to God _&c. _ _1635-69_, _S96_, _and in part
Walton_ (Life of D^{r} John Donne. 1670), _who adds_ March
23, 1630]
[2 thy _1635 and Walton_ (_1670_): the _1639-69_]
[4 the Instrument _1635-69:_ my instrument _Walton_]
[6 Whilst . . . love] Since . . . loves _Walton_]
[10 to die, _1635:_ to die. _1639-54:_ to dy^{. } _1669_]
[12 theire _S96:_ those _1635-69_]
[18 _Gibraltare_, _1635-54:_ Gabraltare, _1669:_ Gibraltar?
_1719_, _Chambers:_ Gibraltar are _Grosart_. _See note_]
[19 but streights, _Ed:_ but streights _1635-69_]
[24 first] sist _1669_]
[28 others souls] other souls _Walton and S96_]
[30 That, he may raise; therefore, _Walton_]
* * * * *
[Illustration: JOHN DONNE
EFFIGIES REUERENDISS: UIRI IOHANNIS DONNE NUPER ECCLES: PAULINAE DECANI
_Corporis haec Animae sit Syndon Syndon Jesu_
Amen
_Martin [DR monogram] scup_ _And are to be sould by RR and Ben: ffisher_
("Portrait of the very reverend John Donne, lately Dean of St Paul's. "
The meaning of the second line is highly obscure; possibly "May this be
the shroud of my body, Jesus the shroud of my soul"; or possibly: "May
this be the shroud of my body, Jesus's shroud that of my soul". The
monogram is that of Martin Droeshout)]
From the frontispiece to _Death's Duel_, 1632]
* * * * *
_A Hymne to God the Father:_
I.
