Religion

Matthew 23. Yee build the Sepulchres of the Prophets.

by Richard Crashaw 1613–1649

Religion

THou trim'st a Prophets Tombe, and dost bequeath
The life thou took'st from him unto his Death.
Vaine man! the stones that on his Tombe doe lye,
Keepe but the score of them that made him dye.

MLA

Crashaw, Richard. “Matthew 23. Yee build the Sepulchres of the Prophets.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/32/.

Chicago

Crashaw, Richard. “Matthew 23. Yee build the Sepulchres of the Prophets.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/32/.

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