"But now They have seen and hated." Richard Crashaw (c. 1613-1649). W.G. Horder, comp. 1895. The Poets' Bible: New Testament

W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895.

“But now They have seen and hated”

Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649)


JOHN XV. 24. SEENE and yet hated Thee? They did not see;
They saw Thee not, that saw and hated Thee:
No, no, they saw Thee not, O Life, O Love!
Who saw aught in Thee that their hate could move.