The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous ManuscriptsDonne, John
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The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2): Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts
Donne, John
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
[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.
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