The Holy Communion (George Herbert Poems)
Not in rich furniture, or fine array, Nor in a wedge of gold, ...
Not in rich furniture, or fine array, Nor in a wedge of gold, ...
My God, if writings may Convey a Lordship any wayWhither the buyer and the ...
Forgive me Cynthia, if (as Poets use, When they some divine Beauty would ...
Come ye hither all, whose taste Is your waste;Save ...
This day Prest with our Sins, the MOST HIGH Fell. Least he should Feed on Us, Christ Satiates Death With ...
O do not use meAfter my sinnes! look not on my desert,But on ...
Lord, make me coy and tender to offend:In friendship, first I think, if that agree, ...
Brave rose (alas!) where art thou? In the chair,Where thou didst lately so triumph and shine,A worm doth sit, whose ...
As men, for fear the starres should sleep and nod, And trip at night, have spheres supplied;As if a ...
Death, thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing, Nothing but bones, The ...
Peace, pratler, do not lowre:Not a fair look, but thou dost call it foul:Not a ...
Philosophers have measur'd the mountains,Fathom'd the depths of the seas, of states, and kings,Walk'd with a staffe ...
I know it is my sinne, which locks thine eares, And ...
King of glorie, King of peace,With the one make warre to cease;With the other blesse thy sheep,Thee to love, in ...
Lord, who hast formed me out of mud, And hast redeemed me through thy bloud, And sanctified me ...
O day most calm, most bright The fruit of this, the next world's bud, Th'endorsement of supreme delight, Writ by ...
Prayer the Churches banquet, Angels age, Gods breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in ...
CANTO IIII To sinfull house of Pride, Duessa guides the faithfull knight, Where brothers death to wreak Sansjoy doth chalenge ...
FAyre ye be sure, but cruell and vnkind, As is a Tygre that with greedinesse hunts after bloud, when he ...
IN vaine I seeke and sew to her for grace, and doe myne humbled hart before her poure: the whiles ...
Whom does this stately Navy bring? O! 'tis Great Britain's Glorious King, Convey him then, ye Winds and Seas, Swift ...
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