Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VERSE-FRAGMENTS FROM THE PROSE WORKS, by JOSEPH HALL


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VERSE-FRAGMENTS FROM THE PROSE WORKS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Balsame, pure wax, and chrismas-liquor clear
Last Line: But who shall helpe them to a hempen string?
Subject(s): Hearts; Jesus Christ; Religion; Sin; Theology


1

Balsame, pure Wax, and Chrismes-liquor cleare,
Make vp this precious Lamb, I send thee here;
All lightning it dispels, and each ill spri'ght,
Remedies sinne, and makes the heart contrite.
Euen as the bloud that Christ for vs did shed:
It helpes the child-beds paines; & giues good speed
Vnto the birth; Great gifts it still doth win
To all that weare it, and that worthy bin:
It quels the rage of fire; and cleanely bore
It brings from shipwracke safely to the shore.

2

Nola the Bow, and France the shaft did bring:
But who shall helpe them to a hempen string?




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