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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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The Earth did quake.

Rest is the property her creator gave her,
But now a Palsey makes her veins to quaver:
How cam't to passe, that windcholique strove
In the Earths bowels, and did make her move.
Shee once was built so firmely on her base
Shee need not feare a shouldering from her place,
'Tis true; but was't not time to stirre, when hee
That fastned her, was fastned to a tree.
When he was in his lowest declination,
Then dust and ashes had their exaltation.
And the Earth rous'd her selfe, as if shee meant
To be no more the lowest element.
Or since his deaths-men did so bouldly dare,
Shee taught them by example how to feare.
The Earth did put on man, and trembling shooke,
Man put on earth, and no amazement tooke;
Sure this will aggravate those mens offence
The Earth show'd reason, and the men no sense.
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