Love-Joy (George Herbert Poems)
As on a window late I cast mine eye,I saw a vine drop grapes with J and CAnneal'd on every ...
George Herbert Poems on Man (54 Poems)
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, ...
A Dialogue (George Herbert Poem)
Man. SWEETEST Saviour, if my soul Were but worth the having, Quickly should I then control Any thought of waving. ...
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 ...
Providence (George Herbert Poem)
O Sacred Providence, who from end to end Strongly and sweetly movest! shall I write, And not of thee, through ...
Praise (I) (George Herbert Poem)
To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise: Mend my estate in any ways, ...
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 ...
Whitsunday (George Herbert Poem)
Listen sweet Dove unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till ...
Repentance (George Herbert Poem)
Lord, I confess my sin is great; Great is my sin. Oh! gently treat With thy quick flow'r, thy momentany ...
Mortification (George Herbert Poem)
How soon doth man decay! When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets To swaddle infants, whose young breath ...
Man (George Herbert Poem)
My God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately habitation, But he that means to dwell therein. ...
The Temper (George Herbert Poem)
How should I praise thee, Lord! how should my rhymes Gladly engrave thy love in steel, If what my soul ...
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 ...
Man’s Medley (George Herbert Poems)
Hark, how the birds do sing, And woods do ring! All creatures have their joy, and man hath his. Yet ...
The Agony (George Herbert Poem)
Philosophers have measur'd mountains, Fathom'd the depths of the seas, of states, and kings, Walk'd with a staff to heav'n, ...
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. ...
The Elixir (George Herbert Poem)
Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in anything To do ...
Discipline (George Herbert Poem)
Throw away thy rod, Throw away thy wrath: O my God, Take the gentle path. For my heart's desire Unto ...
Prayer (George Herbert Poem)
Prayer the Churches banquet, Angels age, Gods breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in ...
The Quip (George Herbert Poem)
The merry world did on a day With his train-bands and mates agree To meet together where I lay, And ...
The Thanksgiving (George Herbert Poem)
Oh King of grief! (a title strange, yet true, To thee of all kings only due) Oh King of wounds! ...
The Pearl (George Herbert Poem)
The Kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls; who, when he had found one, sold ...
The Pulley (George Herbert Poem)
When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, Let us (said He) pour on him ...
Peace (George Herbert Poem)
Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave, Let me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave, ...