Peter's Chains fall off. Richard Crashaw (c. 1613-1649). W.G. Horder, comp. 1895. The Poets' Bible: New Testament

W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895.

Peter’s Chains fall off

Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649)

‘The chains spontaneously fell from Peter, and the (prison) doors opened.’—ACTS XII. 7–10.

IRON forgets ’tis iron;
the chains dissemble too;
Nor has the prison, doors
for Peter now.
Free truly is that pris’ner	5
who by the prison’s freed,
Whom chains themselves unbind,
free is indeed.