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"The conscious water saw its God and blushed."
Richard Crashaw / Epigram.
Epigram.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Whoe'er she be, That not impossible she, That shall command my heart and me."
Richard Crashaw / Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Where'er she lie, Locked up from mortal eye, In shady leaves of destiny."
Richard Crashaw / Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Days that need borrow No part of their good morrow From a fore-spent night of sorrow."
Richard Crashaw / Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Life that dares send A challenge to his end, And when it comes, say, Welcome, friend!"
Richard Crashaw / Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Sydneian showers Of sweet discourse, whose powers Can crown old Winter's head with flowers."
Richard Crashaw / Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Wishes to his Supposed Mistress.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day."
Richard Crashaw / In Praise of Lessius's Rule of Health.
In Praise of Lessius's Rule of Health.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"The modest front of this small floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can,-- "Here lies a truly honest man!""
Richard Crashaw / Epitaph upon Mr. Ashton.
Epitaph upon Mr. Ashton.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain