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Francis Quarles: Hosanna or divine poems on the passion of Christ and Threnodes

Edited by John Horden
Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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HOSANNA,
 
VPON THE DAY OF OVR SAVIOVRS NATIVITY.
 
Borne of a Virgin.
 
Borne in Augustus time.
 
Borne in Winter.
 
Borne in the Night.
 
The Angels tell it to the Shepheards.
 
Of the Starres that appeared to the wise men.
 
Of the wise men.
 
Of the Innocents.
 
Of St. Stephen.
 
Of our Saviours Circumcision, or New-yeares day.
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Vpon Our Saviours Passion.
 
They put a Crowne of Thornes upon his head.
 
They gave him Vineger and Gall, Mat. 27. And Wine mingled with Mvrrh, Mark 15.
 
They compell'd Simon of Syrene to beare his Crosse.
 
Crucified.
 
Crucified between two Theeves.
 
The Earth did quake.
 
The Sunne was in a totall Eclips, and not as naturally it should have been in the Sign with the Moon.
 
The Graves opened, and many of the Saints arose.
 
Buried in a Garden.
 
Buried in a new Tombe hewen out of a Rock.
 
The Mount of Olives.
 
Whit-Sunday: There was a noise from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind.
 
There appeared unto them Tongues.
 
Tongues of fire, and sate upon each of them.
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Threnodes On the Lady Marsham, late wife to Sir William Marsham of High Laver in the County of Essex Bnt AND William Cheyne Esquire the late Husband to That Vertuous and Mournefull Lady Lucie, Youngest Daughter of Sir Thomas Barington Knight and Baronet.
 
THRENODES Consecrated To the pretious Memory OF The Lady Marsham.
 
Threnodes On William Cheyne Esquire.

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They put a Crowne of Thornes upon his head.

The Earth and Wood, which did the Earth compact
Had the same curse assign'd for the same fact.
Adam did fall from the state he was in,
The Earth and World beare thornes for Adams sin.
When Isaack once, as mankind now, was laid
A Sacrifice; a sheepe the ransome paid.
See here that Sheepe caught in a Thorne, whose blood
Stood then for Isaack, now for mankind stood.
Hee as a Prince a Crowne like Princes weares,
And Thornes are th' Emblemes of a Princes cares:
The Church a Lilly amongst Thornes doth grow,
And as the Churches head himselfe doth so.
When Romes Dictators did a Conquest bring
From some sackt Towne, or from some petty King
Triumphing Palme, and Temples crowning Bayes
Circling their browes shot from their head like rayes.
Here Hell was captive, Death in Triumph borne.
And yet the Victors head but crown'd with Thorne:
Peace; 'twas no thorne, his blood had dide the twigs
And chang'd them to a wreath of Corrall sprigs,
Or stain'd the buds, so that their rosie blush
Out-vied the English or the Province bush.
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