Francis Quarles: Hosanna or divine poems on the passion of Christ and Threnodes Edited by John Horden |
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Of our Saviours Circumcision, or New-yeares day. |
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Of our Saviours Circumcision, or New-yeares day.
The seventh day from his birth, he did beginObedience to the Law and pawnd his skin,
He would fulfill it; when Ziskas houre was come
He should expire, he bad them make a Drum
Of's skin, conceited it would scare the foe
'Twas strange antipothie, if it would doe so.
But this small peece of skin was such a spell
It scar'd the sootie Regiments of Hell.
It made the infernall Legions retreit
And did indeed what Zisca but conceit.
The drops this day effused, were but laid
For his Good-Frydayes earnest, when he paid
For our Redemption blood in full summes,
Now it but drops, then in a tempest comes,
The circumcision of this infant did
Christen our New-yeares day: that blood was shed
Did make a double Birth-day to appeare,
One of our happinesse, one of the yeare.
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