Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life,
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of thy reign,
Distills from thence the tears of wrath and strife,
And so turns wine to water back again.

(C) Richard Crashaw
03/26/2017


Best Poems of Richard Crashaw

• Out Of Catallus
• Satan
• Prayer
• The Flaming Heart Upon The Book And Picture Of Saint Teresa
• A Song
• But Men Loved Darkness Rather Than Light
• An Epitaph Upon Husband And Wife
• On The Miracle Of The Multiplied Loaves
• Divine Epigrams: On The Miracle Of The Multiplied Loaves
• Saint Mar Magdelene; Or, The Weeper
• Divine Epigrams: Samson To His Delilah
• Wishes To His (supposed) Mistress
• Verses From The Shepherds Hymn
• The Weeper
• A Hymn To The Name And Honour Of The Admirable Saint Teresa
• On Mr. G. Herberts Book
• On Marriage
• Christ Crucified