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"that repose
And peace, which everywhere
With so much earnestness you do pursue,
Is only there."
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. Peace (l. 39-42). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
"At length I met a reverend good old man,"
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. Peace (l. 19). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
""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."
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. Peace (l. 22-26). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
"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 Sundays, sorrow dogging sin,
Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes,
Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in,
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises,
Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness,
The sound of glory ringing in our ears:
Without, our shame; within, our consciences;
Angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears.
Yet all these fences and their whole array
One cunning bosom-sin blows quite away."
George Herbert (1593-1633), British clergyman, poet. Sin, George Herbert: Poetry and Prose, ed. W.H. Auden (1973). |
"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."
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Altar (l. 13-16). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
"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."
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Altar (l. 1-4). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
"th' other black and grave, wherewith each one
Is checker'd all along,
Humilitie:"
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Church-Floor (l. 4-6). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
"But the sweet cement, which in one sure band
Ties the whole frame, is Love
And Charitie."
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Church-Floor (l. 10-12). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
"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 strong in a weak heart."
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Church-Floor (l. 16-20). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
"gentle rising, which on either hand
Leads to the Quire above,
Is Confidence:"
George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet. The Church-Floor (l. 7-9). . .
The Complete English Poems [George Herbert]. John Tobin, ed. (1991) Penguin Books. |
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