Religion

Out of Catullus,

by Richard Crashaw 1613–1649

Religion

COme and let us live my Deare,
Let us love and never feare,
What the sowrest Fathers say:
Brightest Sol that dyes to day
Lives againe as blith to morrow,
But if we darke sons of sorrow
Set; ô then, how long a Night
Shuts the Eyes of our short light!
Then let amorous kisses dwell
On our lips, begin and tell
A Thousand, and a Hundred score
An Hundred, and a Thousand more,
Till another Thousand smother
That, and that wipe of another.
Thus at last when we have numbred
Many a Thousand, many a Hundred;
Wee'l confound the reckoning quite,
And lose our selves in wild delight:
While our joyes so multiply,
As shall mocke the envious eye,

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Crashaw, Richard. “Out of Catullus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/101/.

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Crashaw, Richard. “Out of Catullus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/101/.

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