The Church-Porch. Perirrhanterium (George Herbert Poems)
Thou, whose sweet youth and early hopes inhanceThy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure,Hearken unto a Vesper, ...
George Herbert Poems on Light (27 Poems)
The Church Militant (George Herbert Poems)
Almightie Lord, who from thy glorious throneSeest and rulest all things ev'n as one:The smallest ant or atome knows thy ...
Heaven (George Herbert Poems)
O who will show me those delights on high? Echo. ...
The Bag (George Herbert Poems)
Away despair; my gracious Lord doth heare, Though windes and waves assault my keel, He doth preserve it: ...
Christmas (George Herbert Poems)
After all pleasures as I rid one day, My horse and I, both tir'd, bodie and minde, With ...
The Starre (George Herbert Poems)
Bright spark, shot from a brighter place, Where beams surround my Saviour's face, Canst thou ...
Dulnesse (George Herbert Poems)
Why do I languish thus, drooping and dulle, As if I were all earth?Oh give me ...
Sighs And Grones (George Herbert Poems)
O do not use meAfter my sinnes! look not on my desert,But on ...
The Holy Scriptures (George Herbert Poems)
Oh Book! infinite sweetnesse! let my heart Suck ev'ry letter, and a hony gain, Precious for any grief ...
A Parodie (George Herbert Poems)
Soul's joy, when thou art gone, And I alone, ...
The Glance (George Herbert Poems)
When first thy sweet and gracious eyeVouchsaf'd ev'n in the midst of youth and nightTo look upon ...
Mattens (George Herbert Poems)
I cannot ope mine eyes, But thou art ready there to catch My ...
The Holdfast (George Herbert Poems)
I threatned to observe the strict decree Of my deare God with all my power and might: ...
The Call (George Herbert Poems)
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:Such a Way, as gives us breath:Such a Truth, as ends all strife:Such a ...
Even-song (George Herbert Poem)
Blest be the God of love, Who gave me eyes, and light, and power this day, Both to be busy, ...
Sunday (George Herbert Poem)
O day most calm, most bright The fruit of this, the next world's bud, Th'endorsement of supreme delight, Writ by ...
Sighs And Groans (George Herbert Poem)
O do not use me After my sins! look not on my dessert, But on your glory! Then you will ...
Mattins (George Herbert Poem)
I cannot ope mine eyes, But thou art ready there to catch My morning-soul and sacrifice: Then we must needs ...
Providence (George Herbert Poem)
O Sacred Providence, who from end to end Strongly and sweetly movest! shall I write, And not of thee, through ...
Whitsunday (George Herbert Poem)
Listen sweet Dove unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till ...
Man (George Herbert Poem)
My God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately habitation, But he that means to dwell therein. ...
Aaron (George Herbert Poem)
Holiness on the head, Light and perfection on the breast, Harmonious bells below, raising the dead To led them unto ...
The Windows (George Herbert Poem)
Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word? He is a brittle crazie glasse: Yet in thy temple thou dost ...
The Sacrifice (George Herbert Poem)
Oh all ye, who pass by, whose eyes and mind To worldly things are sharp, but to me blind; To ...
Lent (George Herbert Poem)
Welcome dear feast of Lent: who loves not thee, He loves not Temperance, or Authority, But is compos'd of passion. ...
Easter Song (George Herbert Poem)
I Got me flowers to straw Thy way, I got me boughs off many a tree; But Thou wast up ...
The Flower (George Herbert Poem)
How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! ev'n as the flowers in spring; To which, besides ...