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''that repose
And peace, which everywhere
With so much earnestness you do pursue,
Is only there.''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. Peace (l. 39-42). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books....
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''At length I met a reverend good old man,''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. Peace (l. 19). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books.
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''"There was a Prince of old
At Salem dwelt, who lived with good increase
Of flock and fold.
He sweetly lived; yet sweetness did not save
His life from foes.''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. Peace (l. 22-26). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books....
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Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round!
Parents first season us; then schoolmasters
Deliver us to laws; they send us bound
To rules of reason, holy messengers,
Pulpits and ...
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British clergyman, poet. Sin, George Herbert: Poetry and Prose, ed. W.H. Auden (1973).
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''That, if I chance to hold my peace,
These stones to praise thee may not cease.
Oh let thy blessed sacrifice be mine,
And sanctify this altar to be thine.''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Altar (l. 13-16). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Bo...
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''A broken altar, Lord, thy servant rears,
Made of a heart, and cemented with tears:
Whose parts are as thy hand did frame;
No workman's tool hath touched the same.''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Altar (l. 1-4). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Book...
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''th' other black and grave, wherewith each one
Is checker'd all along,
Humilitie:''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Church-Floor (l. 4-6). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Pengu...
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''But the sweet cement, which in one sure band
Ties the whole frame, is Love
And Charitie.''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Church-Floor (l. 10-12). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Pen...
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Sometimes Death, puffing at the doore,
Blows all the dust about the floore:
But while he thinks to spoil the room, he sweeps.
Blest be the Architect, whose art
Could build so stron...
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Church-Floor (l. 16-20). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Pen...
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''gentle rising, which on either hand
Leads to the Quire above,
Is Confidence:''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Church-Floor (l. 7-9). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Pengu...
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