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Quotes by Richard Crashaw
Life, that dares send A challenge to his end, And when it comes, say, "Welcome, friend!"— filed under Challenge
Pippa Passes Days, that need borrow No part of their good morrow From a fore-spent night of sorrow.— filed under Day
Eyes, that displaces The neighbor diamond, and out-faces That sun-shine by their own sweet graces.— filed under Eyes
Tresses, that wear Jewels, but to declare How much themselves more precious are.— filed under Hair
Shakespeare. A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day.— filed under Sorrow
Days that need borrow No part of their good morrow, From a fore-spent night of sorrow.— filed under To-Day
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.— filed under Miracle
The conscious water saw its God and blushed.— filed under Wine And Spirits
Epigram on the Miracle of Cana. St. John's Gospel. Ch. II. When Christ, at Cana's feast by power divine, Inspir'd cold water with the warmth of wine, See! cried they, while in red'ning tide it gush'd, The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd. C.— filed under Wine And Spirits
Whoe'er she be, That not impossible she, That shall command my heart and me.— filed under Woman