And I, what is my crime I cannot tell, Richard Crashaw More Quotes by Richard Crashaw More Quotes From Richard Crashaw Nights, sweet as they, Made short by lovers play, Yet long by the absence of the day. Richard Crashaw sweet love night Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Richard Crashaw christmas funny heaven And when life's sweet fable ends, soul and body part like friends; no quarrels, murmurs, no delay; a kiss, a sigh, and so away. Richard Crashaw kissing sweet death Eyes are vocal, tears have tongues, Richard Crashaw tears eye inspirational All thy old woes shall now smile on thee, and thy pains sit bright on thee. All thy sorrows here shall shine and thy sufferings be divine; Tears shall take comfort and turn to gems and wrongs repent to diadems Even thy deaths shall live and new dress the soul that once they slew. Richard Crashaw pain shining grieving Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag, the other to pray. Richard Crashaw bragging praying two Nothing speaks our grief so well as to speak nothing. Richard Crashaw wells grief speak Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life; Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign, Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife, And so turns wine to water back again. Richard Crashaw wine sweet art Heaven's great artillery. Richard Crashaw great-art life heaven Hark! She is called, the parting hour is come. Take thy farewell, poor world! Heaven must go home. . . . Richard Crashaw farewell home heaven A happy soul, that all the way Richard Crashaw june summer heaven Eyes that displace the neighbor diamond, and outface that sunshine by their own sweet grace. Richard Crashaw sunshine eye sweet A pillow for thee will I bring,Stuffed with down of angel's wing. Richard Crashaw thee angel wings In love's field was never found A nobler weapon than a wound. Richard Crashaw weapons fields found Locked up from mortal eye in shady leaves of destiny. Richard Crashaw future destiny eye
