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 Life (29 Poems)
The Discharge (George Herbert Poems)
Busie enquiring heart, what wouldst thou know? Why dost thou prie,And turn, and leer, ...
Affliction (I) (George Herbert Poems)
When first thou didst entice to thee my heart, I thought the service brave;So many joyes I ...
The Banquet (George Herbert Poems)
Welcome sweet and sacred cheer, Welcome deare;With me, in ...
Dulnesse (George Herbert Poems)
Why do I languish thus, drooping and dulle, As if I were all earth?Oh give me ...
Businesse (George Herbert Poems)
Canst be idle? canst thou play, Foolish soul who sinn'd to-day?Rivers ...
Employment [II] (George Herbert Poems)
He that is weary, let him sit. My soul would stirre And trade ...
Vanitie (George Herbert Poems)
The fleet Astronomer can bore And thread the spheres with his quick-piercing minde He views theirs stations, walks ...
Death (George Herbert Poems)
Death, thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing, Nothing but bones, The ...
Complaining (George Herbert Poems)
Do not beguile my heart, Because thou artMy ...
Employment (George Herbert Poems)
If as a flowre doth spread and die, Thou wouldst extend me to some good,Before I were frost's extremitie ...
Time (George Herbert Poems)
Meeting with Time, slack thing, said I, Thy sithe is dull; whet it for shame.No marvell Sir, he did replie,If ...
A True Hymne (George Herbert Poems)
My joy, my life, my crown! My heart was meaning all the day, ...
The Water-Course (George Herbert Poems)
Thou who dost dwell and linger here below,Since the condition of this world is frail,Where of all plants afflictions soonest ...
Holy Baptisme (George Herbert Poems)
As he that sees a dark and shadie grove, Stayes not, but looks beyond it on the skie; ...
Colossians iii. 3. “Our Life Is Hid With Christ In God” (George Herbert Poems)
My words and thoughts do both expresse this notion,That Life hath with the sun a double motion.The first Is straight, ...
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 ...
Affliction (II) (George Herbert Poem)
Kill me not ev'ry day, Thou Lord of life, since thy one death for me Is more than all my ...
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 ...
Vanity (I) (George Herbert Poem)
The fleet astronomer can bore And thread the spheres with his quick-piercing mind: He views theirs stations, walks from door ...
Affliction (George Herbert Poem)
When thou didst entice to thee my heart, I thought the service brave: So many joys I writ down for ...
Employment (I) (George Herbert Poem)
If as a flower doth spread and die, Thou wouldst extend me to some good, Before I were by frost's ...
Affliction (IV) (George Herbert Poem)
Broken in pieces all asunder, Lord, hunt me not, A thing forgot, Once a poor creature, now a wonder, A ...
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 ...
Easter (George Herbert Poem)
Rise, heart, thy lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise ...
A Wreath (George Herbert Poem)
A wreathed garland of deserved praise, Of praise deserved, unto thee I give, I give to thee, who knowest all ...
H. Baptism (George Herbert Poem)
As he that sees a dark and shady grove, Stays not, but looks beyond it on the sky; So when ...
The Collar (George Herbert Poem)
I struck the board, and cried "No more! I will abroad. What, shall I ever sigh and pine? My lines ...