(The modest Nymph saw her God and blushed.)
The conscious water saw its God and blushed.
Richard Crashaw (1616-1650).
Referring to the miracle of Cana. Both Latin and English epigrams are by Crashaw. In the former the water is personified by its Nymph.
Called on the W. Molesworths. He is threatened with total blindness, and his excellent wife is learning to work in the dark in preparation for a darkened chamber. What things wives are! What a spirit of joyous suffering, confidence, and love was incarnated in Eve! ’Tis a pity they should eat apples.
Caroline Fox’s Journals.
... Earth and ocean,
Space, and the isles of life or light that gem