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, ...
Thou, whose sweet youth and early hopes inhanceThy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure,Hearken unto a Vesper, ...
With sick and famisht eyes,With doubling knees and weary bones, ...
When first thou didst entice to thee my heart, I thought the service brave;So many joyes I ...
Poore heart, lament,For since thy God refuseth still,There is some rub, some discontent, ...
Oh Book! infinite sweetnesse! let my heart Suck ev'ry letter, and a hony gain, Precious for any grief ...
Almightie Judge, how shall poore wretches brook ...
As he that sees a dark and shadie grove, Stayes not, but looks beyond it on the skie; ...
Oh Book! infinite sweetness! let my heart Suck ev'ry letter, and a honey gain, Precious for any grief in any ...
When thou didst entice to thee my heart, I thought the service brave: So many joys I writ down for ...
Lord, how couldst thou so much appease Thy wrath for sin, as when man's sight was dim, And could see ...
As he that sees a dark and shady grove, Stays not, but looks beyond it on the sky; So when ...
Throw away thy rod, Throw away thy wrath: O my God, Take the gentle path. For my heart's desire Unto ...
Oh King of grief! (a title strange, yet true, To thee of all kings only due) Oh King of wounds! ...
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