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This Crosstree

By Robert Herrick

Topics: classic

This   crosstree   here                   Doth    Jesus      bear,                   Who   sweet'ned   first                   The   death   accurs'd.     Here all things ready are, make haste, make haste away;     For long this  work will be,  and very short  this day.     Why then,  go on to  act:  here's  wonders to be  done     Before the last  least sand of  Thy ninth  hour be run;     Or ere dark  clouds do dull  or dead the mid-day's sun.                   Act  when   Thou  wilt,                   Blood  will  be  spilt;                   Pure  balm, that  shall                   Bring  health  to  all.                   Why     then,    begin                   To   pour   first   in                   Some   drops  of  wine,                   Instead    of    brine,                   To   search  the  wound                   So    long     unsound:                   And,  when that's done,                   Let   oil   next   run                   To   cure   the   sore                   Sin    made     before.                   And   O!  dear  Christ,                   E'en   as  Thou  di'st,                   Look   down,  and   see                   Us   weep   for   Thee.                   And  tho', love  knows,                   Thy    dreadful   woes                   We    cannot     ease,                   Yet  do   Thou  please,                   Who      mercy     art,                   T'  accept  each  heart                   That    gladly    would                   Help   if   it   could.                   Meanwhile   let     me,                   Beneath   this    tree,                   This    honour    have,                   To   make   my   grave.

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Robert Herrick

About Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick (1591–1674) was an English Cavalier poet whose "Hesperides" (1648) contains over 1,200 poems. His carpe diem verse "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" ("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may") and lyric poems celebrate love, beauty, and the passing of time.

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