Category: Herbert
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‘The Altar’ by George Herbert (1593-1633)
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 touch’d the same. 4 A HEART alone Is such a stone, As nothing but Thy pow’r doth cut. 8 Wherefore each part Of my hard heart Meets in…
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‘Love’ by George Herbert (1593-1633)
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin.But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in,Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning If I lack’d anything. 6‘A guest,’ I answer’d, ‘worthy to be here:’ Love said, ‘You shall be he.’‘I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear, I…
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‘Easter Wings’ by George Herbert (1593-1633)
Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became Most poore: 5 With thee O let me rise As larks, harmoniously, And sing this day thy victories: Then shall the fall further the flight in me. 10 My tender age in sorrow did…
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