Richard Crashaw DIVINE EPIGRAMS. On the still surviving Marks of our Saviour's Wounds. WHATEVER story of their cruelty, Or nail, or thorn, or spear have writ in Thee,                 Are in another sense                     Still legible ;                 Sweet is the difference :                     Once I did spell                 Every red letter                     A wound of Thine ;                 Now, what is better,                     Balsam for mine. Source: The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw. William B. Turnbull, Ed. London: John Russell Smith, 1858.  17. to Works of Richard Crashaw Site copyright ©1996-2001 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on August 4, 2001. Background ©1997-1999 Greg Schorno. All Rights Reserved. Used with express written permission.