Each blest drop on each blest limb,
Is wash't itself, in washing Him :
'Tis a gem while it stays here ;
While it falls hence 'tis a tear.
More verses by Richard Crashaw
- On The Still Surviving Marks Of Our Saviour's
- Wishes To His (Supposed) Mistress
- Samson To His Delilah
- Charitas Nimia; Or, The Dear Bargain
- The Weeper