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He Was Afraid, and Began to Sink, and Cried Out

John Talbot

Peter: you doubt, you sink. Your waveringPetrifies. Remember even the heavingSea keeps faith with those that keep believing.Rock they call you, but a real stoneSinks for having solid bulk...

Three Epigrams from Richard Crashaw, Epigrammata Sacra

John Talbot

Phariseus et publicanus. Luc xviii. 14–19 En duo templum adeunt, diversis mentibus ambo.               Ille procul trepido lumnie signat humum.It gravis hic, et in...