Loe, where
condemned
hee
Beares his owne crosse, with paine, yet by and by 10
When it beares him, he must beare more and die.
Beares his owne crosse, with paine, yet by and by 10
When it beares him, he must beare more and die.
John Donne
5
Yet lay him in this stall, and from the Orient,
Starres, and wisemen will travell to prevent
Th'effect of _Herods_ jealous generall doome.
Seest thou, my Soule, with thy faiths eyes, how he
Which fils all place, yet none holds him, doth lye? 10
Was not his pity towards thee wondrous high,
That would have need to be pittied by thee?
Kisse him, and with him into Egypt goe,
_With his kinde mother, who partakes thy woe_.
[Nativitie. ]
[6 this] his _1669_]
[7 will] shall _B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[8 effect _1669_, _A18_, _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_,
_W:_ effects _1633-54_, _D_, _H49_ jealous] dire and _B_,
_O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W:_ zealous _A18, N, TC_
doome. ] doome; _1633_]
[9 eyes, _1633_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W:_ eye,
_1635-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TC_]
TEMPLE.
4. _With his kinde mother who partakes thy woe_,
_Ioseph_ turne backe; see where your child doth sit,
Blowing, yea blowing out those sparks of wit,
Which himselfe on the Doctors did bestow;
The Word but lately could not speake, and loe, 5
It sodenly speakes wonders, whence comes it,
That all which was, and all which should be writ,
A shallow seeming child, should deeply know?
His Godhead was not soule to his manhood,
Nor had time mellowed him to this ripenesse, 10
But as for one which hath a long taske, 'tis good,
With the Sunne to beginne his businesse,
He in his ages morning thus began
_By miracles exceeding power of man_.
[Temple. ]
[5 loe, _Ed:_ loe _1633-69_]
[6 wonders, _1633-39:_ wonders: _1650-69_]
[11 for] to _W_
a long taske, _1633-69_, _D_, _H49:_ long taskes _B_, _N_,
_O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W:_ longe taske _A18_, _TCC_
'tis] 'Tis _1633:_ thinks _W_]
CRVCIFYING.
5. _By miracles exceeding power of man_,
Hee faith in some, envie in some begat,
For, what weake spirits admire, ambitious, hate;
In both affections many to him ran,
But Oh! the worst are most, they will and can, 5
Alas, and do, unto the immaculate,
Whose creature Fate is, now prescribe a Fate,
Measuring selfe-lifes infinity to'a span,
Nay to an inch.
Loe, where condemned hee
Beares his owne crosse, with paine, yet by and by 10
When it beares him, he must beare more and die.
Now thou art lifted up, draw mee to thee,
And at thy death giving such liberall dole,
_Moyst, with one drop of thy blood, my dry soule_.
[Crucifying. ]
[3 weake] meeke _B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[8 to'a span, _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ to span,
_1633-69_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_]
[9 inch. Loe, _1635-69:_ inch, loe, _1633_]
[11 die. _1635-69:_ die; _1633_]
RESVRRECTION.
6. _Moyst with one drop of thy blood, my dry soule_
Shall (though she now be in extreme degree
Too stony hard, and yet too fleshly,) bee
Freed by that drop, from being starv'd, hard, or foule,
And life, by this death abled, shall controule 5
Death, whom thy death slue; nor shall to mee
Feare of first or last death, bring miserie,
If in thy little booke my name thou enroule,
Flesh in that long sleep is not putrified,
But made that there, of which, and for which 'twas; 10
Nor can by other meanes be glorified.
May then sinnes sleep, and deaths soone from me passe,
That wak't from both, I againe risen may
_Salute the last, and everlasting day_.
[Resurrection. ]
[1 _soule_ _1635:_ _soule_, _1633_, _1639-69_]
[5 this] thy _B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[6 shall to] shall nowe to _A18_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC_]
[8 little _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _TC:_ life _1635-69_,
_B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[9 that long] that last long _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W:_ that _D_,
_H49_]
[11 glorified] purified _S_, _S96_, _W_, _and O'F_ (_which
corrects to_ glorified)]
[12 deaths _A18_, _N_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ death _1633-69_, _D_,
_H49_]
ASCENTION.
7. _Salute the last and everlasting day_,
Joy at the uprising of this Sunne, and Sonne,
Yee whose just teares, or tribulation
Have purely washt, or burnt your drossie clay;
Behold the Highest, parting hence away, 5
Lightens the darke clouds, which hee treads upon,
Nor doth hee by ascending, show alone,
But first hee, and hee first enters the way.
O strong Ramme, which hast batter'd heaven for mee,
Mild Lambe, which with thy blood, hast mark'd the path; 10
Bright Torch, which shin'st, that I the way may see,
Oh, with thy owne blood quench thy owne just wrath,
And if thy holy Spirit, my Muse did raise,
_Deigne at my hands this crowne of prayer and praise_.
[Ascention. ]
[3 just _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _N_, _TC:_ true _1635-69_,
_B_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[8 way.
Yet lay him in this stall, and from the Orient,
Starres, and wisemen will travell to prevent
Th'effect of _Herods_ jealous generall doome.
Seest thou, my Soule, with thy faiths eyes, how he
Which fils all place, yet none holds him, doth lye? 10
Was not his pity towards thee wondrous high,
That would have need to be pittied by thee?
Kisse him, and with him into Egypt goe,
_With his kinde mother, who partakes thy woe_.
[Nativitie. ]
[6 this] his _1669_]
[7 will] shall _B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[8 effect _1669_, _A18_, _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_,
_W:_ effects _1633-54_, _D_, _H49_ jealous] dire and _B_,
_O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W:_ zealous _A18, N, TC_
doome. ] doome; _1633_]
[9 eyes, _1633_, _B_, _D_, _H49_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W:_ eye,
_1635-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TC_]
TEMPLE.
4. _With his kinde mother who partakes thy woe_,
_Ioseph_ turne backe; see where your child doth sit,
Blowing, yea blowing out those sparks of wit,
Which himselfe on the Doctors did bestow;
The Word but lately could not speake, and loe, 5
It sodenly speakes wonders, whence comes it,
That all which was, and all which should be writ,
A shallow seeming child, should deeply know?
His Godhead was not soule to his manhood,
Nor had time mellowed him to this ripenesse, 10
But as for one which hath a long taske, 'tis good,
With the Sunne to beginne his businesse,
He in his ages morning thus began
_By miracles exceeding power of man_.
[Temple. ]
[5 loe, _Ed:_ loe _1633-69_]
[6 wonders, _1633-39:_ wonders: _1650-69_]
[11 for] to _W_
a long taske, _1633-69_, _D_, _H49:_ long taskes _B_, _N_,
_O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TCD_, _W:_ longe taske _A18_, _TCC_
'tis] 'Tis _1633:_ thinks _W_]
CRVCIFYING.
5. _By miracles exceeding power of man_,
Hee faith in some, envie in some begat,
For, what weake spirits admire, ambitious, hate;
In both affections many to him ran,
But Oh! the worst are most, they will and can, 5
Alas, and do, unto the immaculate,
Whose creature Fate is, now prescribe a Fate,
Measuring selfe-lifes infinity to'a span,
Nay to an inch.
Loe, where condemned hee
Beares his owne crosse, with paine, yet by and by 10
When it beares him, he must beare more and die.
Now thou art lifted up, draw mee to thee,
And at thy death giving such liberall dole,
_Moyst, with one drop of thy blood, my dry soule_.
[Crucifying. ]
[3 weake] meeke _B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[8 to'a span, _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ to span,
_1633-69_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_]
[9 inch. Loe, _1635-69:_ inch, loe, _1633_]
[11 die. _1635-69:_ die; _1633_]
RESVRRECTION.
6. _Moyst with one drop of thy blood, my dry soule_
Shall (though she now be in extreme degree
Too stony hard, and yet too fleshly,) bee
Freed by that drop, from being starv'd, hard, or foule,
And life, by this death abled, shall controule 5
Death, whom thy death slue; nor shall to mee
Feare of first or last death, bring miserie,
If in thy little booke my name thou enroule,
Flesh in that long sleep is not putrified,
But made that there, of which, and for which 'twas; 10
Nor can by other meanes be glorified.
May then sinnes sleep, and deaths soone from me passe,
That wak't from both, I againe risen may
_Salute the last, and everlasting day_.
[Resurrection. ]
[1 _soule_ _1635:_ _soule_, _1633_, _1639-69_]
[5 this] thy _B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[6 shall to] shall nowe to _A18_, _N_, _O'F_, _TC_]
[8 little _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _TC:_ life _1635-69_,
_B_, _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[9 that long] that last long _O'F_, _S_, _S96_, _W:_ that _D_,
_H49_]
[11 glorified] purified _S_, _S96_, _W_, _and O'F_ (_which
corrects to_ glorified)]
[12 deaths _A18_, _N_, _S96_, _TC_, _W:_ death _1633-69_, _D_,
_H49_]
ASCENTION.
7. _Salute the last and everlasting day_,
Joy at the uprising of this Sunne, and Sonne,
Yee whose just teares, or tribulation
Have purely washt, or burnt your drossie clay;
Behold the Highest, parting hence away, 5
Lightens the darke clouds, which hee treads upon,
Nor doth hee by ascending, show alone,
But first hee, and hee first enters the way.
O strong Ramme, which hast batter'd heaven for mee,
Mild Lambe, which with thy blood, hast mark'd the path; 10
Bright Torch, which shin'st, that I the way may see,
Oh, with thy owne blood quench thy owne just wrath,
And if thy holy Spirit, my Muse did raise,
_Deigne at my hands this crowne of prayer and praise_.
[Ascention. ]
[3 just _1633_, _A18_, _D_, _H49_, _N_, _TC:_ true _1635-69_,
_B_, _S_, _S96_, _W_]
[8 way.
