I

Ye Sacred limbs,

A richer blazon I will lay

On you than first I found:

That like celestial kings,

Ye might with ornaments of joy

Be always crown'd.

A deep vermilion on a red,

On that a scarlet I will lay,

With gold I'll crown your head,

Which like the Sun shall ray.

With robes of glory and delight

I'll make you bright.

Mistake me not, I do not mean to bring

New robes, but to display the thing:

Nor paint, nor clothe, nor crown, nor add a ray,

But glorify by taking all away.