RICHARD CRASHAW; THE RECOMMENDATION
THESE HOURES, AND THAT WHICH HOVERS O’RE MY END,
INTO THY HANDS, AND HART, LORD, I COMMEND.
TAKE BOTH TO THINE ACCOUNT, THAT I AND MINE
IN THAT HOUR, AND IN THESE, MAY BE ALL THINE.
THAT AS I DEDICATE MY DEVOUTEST BREATH
TO MAKE A KIND OF LIFE FOR MY LORD’S DEATH,
SO FROM HIS LIVING, AND LIFE-GIVING DEATH,
MY DYING LIFE MAY DRAW A NEW, AND NEVER FLEETING BREATH
