Social Commentaries
Christs rising and setting
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
When Christ did rise, at midnight day did spring
With strange light; when he crosly set againe,
Day gloom'd to night, under whose threatning wing
The sad earth quak'd, as conscious of his paine.
Right Sun of Heaven! from whose blest course proceed
Both light and shade. Right Sun of Heav'n indeed.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Christs rising and setting.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/285/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Christs rising and setting.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/285/.
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