Religion

In faciem Augustiff. Regis à morbillis integram.

by Richard Crashaw 1613–1649

Religion

MVsaredt; vocat alma parens Academia: Noster
Enredit, ore suo noster Apollo redit.
Vultus adhuc suus, & vultu sua purpura tantum
Vivit, & admixtas pergit amare nives.
Tune illas violare genas? tune illa profanis,
Morbe ferox, tantas ire per or a notis?
Tu Phoebi faciem tentas, vanissime? Nostra
Nee Phoebe maculas novit habere suas.
Ipsa sui vindex facies morbum indignatur;
Ipsa sedet radiis ô bene tuta suis:
Quippe illic deus est, coelûmque & sanctius astrum;
Quippe sub his totus ridet Apollo genis.
Quòd facie Rex tutus erat, quòd caetera tactus:
Hinc hominem Rex est fassus, & inde deum.

MLA

Crashaw, Richard. “In faciem Augustiff. Regis à morbillis integram.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/96/.

Chicago

Crashaw, Richard. “In faciem Augustiff. Regis à morbillis integram.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crashaw/96/.

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