| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | | Appendix B. Poems hitherto Uncollected | | [To the Blessed Virgin Mary] |
| | | O FRUITFUL garden, and yet never till’d! | |
| Box full of treasure, yet by no man fill’d! | |
| O thou which hast made Him that first made thee! | |
| O near of kin to all the Trinity! | |
| O palace, where the King of all, and more, | 5 |
| Went in and out, yet never open’d door, | |
| Whose flesh is purer than an other’s spirit, | |
| Reach Him our prayers, and reach us down His merit! | |
| O bread of life which swelld’st up without leaven! | |
| O bridge which join’st together earth and heaven! | 10 |
| Whose eyes see me through these walls, and through glass, | |
| And through this flesh as thorough cypress pass. | |
| Behold a little heart made great by thee | |
| Swelling, yet shrinking at thy majesty. | |
| O dwell in it! for wheresoe’er thou go’st, | 15 |
| There is the temple of the Holy Ghost. | | | | |
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