Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. 1845.
AscentionII. John Donne
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Joy at the uprising of this Sunne and Sonne,
Yee whose just teares, or tribulation,
Have purely washt, or burnt your drossie clay:
Behold the Highest, parting hence away,
Lightens the darke clouds, which hee treads upon;
Nor doth hee by ascending show alone,
But first hee, and hee first enters the way.
O strong Ramme, which hast batter’d heaven for mee;
Mild Lambe, which with thy blood hast mark’d the path;
Bright Torch, which shin’st, that I the way may see;
Oh! with thy owne blood quench thy owne just wrath:
And if thy Holy Spirit my muse did raise,
Deigne at my hands this crowne of prayer and praise.