Francis Quarles: Hosanna or divine poems on the passion of Christ and Threnodes Edited by John Horden |
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The Angels tell it to the Shepheards. |
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The Angels tell it to the Shepheards.
There is a point of happinesse a time setWherein felicity either must be met
Or miss'd for ever; and that certaine now
Is, when w'are at our Callings; from the Plow
Rome painfull Quintus her Dictator makes.
While Matthew gathers toule, and custome takes
Hee's call'd to write a Gospell. At their Net
The sonnes of Zebedee their conversions met.
And while these men stand Centinells and keep
Strict ward, and watch about their charge their sheep,
They from themselves are rapt with sacred Hymnes;
And ravish'd with a noise of Cherubimes,
That sung this infants lullabie. The storie
Hath some proportion with the Auditorie,
They Shepherds were, to them the tydings came,
And the first Gospel of the Holy Lambe.
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