| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 30. A Song |
| By Richard Crashaw (?1613–1649) |
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| LORD, when the sense of thy sweet grace | |
| Sends up my soul to seek thy face. | |
| Thy blessed eyes breed such desire, | |
| I dy in love’s delicious Fire. | |
| O love, I am thy Sacrifice. | 5 |
| Be still triumphant, blessed eyes. | |
| Still shine on me, fair suns! that I | |
| Still may behold, though still I dy. | |
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| Though still I dy, I live again; | |
| Still longing so to be still slain, | 10 |
| So gainfull is such losse of breath. | |
| I dy even in desire of death. | |
| Still live in me this loving strife | |
| Of living Death and dying Life. | |
| For while thou sweetly slayest me | 15 |
| Dead to my selfe, I live in Thee. | |
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