Social Commentaries

Our Saviours first Miracle applyed

by Thomas Bancroft fl. 1633–1658

From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II

Social Commentaries

Iesus, that Water turnd to Wine,
Will turne our penitentiall brine
To Nectar, and our bitter moanes
To sweetest joyes, Celestiall tones,
When our white Soules unto this Lambe
Shall married be, and Heavens frame
(While fiery Angels clearely sing)
An endlesse wedding peale shall ring.

MLA

Bancroft, Thomas. “Our Saviours first Miracle applyed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/236/.

Chicago

Bancroft, Thomas. “Our Saviours first Miracle applyed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/236/.

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