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

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

Edited by John Horden

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644)

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.

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.

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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The Sunne was in a totall Eclips, and not as naturally it should have been in the Sign with the Moon.

Two Suns were seene, when Charles the Great deceast,
Whose mighty wings ore-shaded all the West.
But when this mightier King of Kings did die
Not one appear'd to beautifie the skie:
For when Great Charles did undergo his doome
One Sunne seem'd added to supply his roome.

But when the God of Natures selfe was gone
Into a Passion, there was use for none.
Nay, when the Sphere of light was puffed out
How could the Sunne poore Taper looke about?
Horrid Eclipse; for now the Moone by right
Was not in the Sunes signe, but opposite;
And the same way our sinnes eclips'd that Sun
Upon the Crosse, by opposition.
Miraculous Eclipse, how could the small
And lesse circumference of the Moone hide all
The larger Sunne, but that our darker sin
To aide the Moone, did bring her forces in.

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The Sunne was in a totall Eclips, and not as naturally it should have been in the Sign with the Moon.