Religion

The Wounds of the Lord Jesus

by Richard Crashaw 1613–1649

From Complete Works, ed. Grosart (1872), vol. I

Religion

Come braue soldjers, come and see
Mighty Loue's artillery.
This was the conquering dart; and loe
There shines His quiuer, there His bow.
These the passiue weapons are,
That made great Loue, a man of warre.
The quiver that He bore, did bide
Soe neare, it prov'd His very side:
In it there sate but one sole dart,
A peircing one--His peirced heart.
His weapons were nor steele, nor brasse,
The weapon that He wore, He was.
For bow His vnbent hand did serue,
Well strung with many a broken nerue.
Strange the quiver, bow and dart!
A bloody side, and hand, and heart!
But now the feild is wonne; and they
(The dust of Warre cleane wip'd away)
The weapons now of triumph be,
That were before of Victorie.

MLA

Crashaw, Richard. “The Wounds of the Lord Jesus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/120/.

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