Classic Poem

What Mystery is this
To seek for Life in Death,
The great Destroyer of the Sons
Of Adam and of Soth?
Can Death beget sweet Life?
Can such an Honey-comb,
So sweet and precious, come forth
Of Death's devouring Womb?

Yes: Christ hath broke the Teeth
And ta'ne away the Sting
Of Cruel Death, that Death is now
Become another thing.
It is a Messenger
Sent for to fetch us home
Unto our Father's Royal House,
Whither all Saints must come.

It is a Bridge whereby
We pass to Heavenly Rest,
Out of the Sorrows of this World
Wherewith we are opprest
But I'le not here detain thee:
Read on, and thou shalt see
Both many Deaths in one short Life,
And Life in Deaths to be.