Religion
Act. 8 On the baptized Aethiopian.
Religion
LEt it no longer be a forlorne hope
To wash an Aethiope:
He's washt, His gloomy skin a peacefull shade
For his white soule is made:
And now, I doubt not, the Eternall Dove,
A black-fac'd house will love.
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Crashaw, Richard. “Act. 8 On the baptized Aethiopian.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/2/.
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Crashaw, Richard. “Act. 8 On the baptized Aethiopian.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/2/.
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