| John Donne (1572–1631). The Poems of John Donne. 1896. | | | | Divine Poems | | 5. Crucifying |
| | | By miracles exceeding power of man, | |
| He faith in some, envy in some begat, | |
| For, what weak spirits admire, ambitious hate; | |
| In both affections many to Him ran. | |
| But O! the worst are most, they will and can, | 5 |
| Alas! and do, unto th’ Immaculate, | |
| Whose creature Fate is, now prescribe a fate, | |
| Measuring self-life’s infinity 1 to span, 2 | |
| Nay to an inch. Lo! where condemned He | |
| Bears His own cross, with pain, yet by and by | 10 |
| When it bears him, He must bear more and die. | |
| Now Thou art lifted up, draw me to Thee, | |
| And at Thy death giving such liberal dole, | |
| Moist with one drop of Thy blood my dry soul. | |
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