Ungratefulnesse (George Herbert Poems)
Lord, with what bountie and rare clemencie Hast thou redeem'd us from the grave! If ...
Lord, with what bountie and rare clemencie Hast thou redeem'd us from the grave! If ...
Canst be idle? canst thou play, Foolish soul who sinn'd to-day?Rivers ...
Joy, I did lock thee up: but some bad man Hath let thee out again:And ...
Whither away, Delight?Thou cam'st but now; wilt thou so soon depart, And ...
Peace, pratler, do not lowre:Not a fair look, but thou dost call it foul:Not a ...
Poore silly soul, whose hope and head lies low;Whose flat delights on earth do creep and grow:To whom the starres ...
To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise; ...
I cannot ope mine eyes, But thou art ready there to catch My ...
False glozing pleasures, casks of happinesse,Foolish night-fires, women's and children's wishes,Chases in arras, guilded emptinesse,Shadows well mounted, dreams in a ...
When blessed Marie wip'd her Saviour's feet,(Whose precepts she had trampled on before)And wore them for a jewell on her ...
Blest be the God of love, Who gave me eyes, and light, and power this day, Both to be busy, ...
I cannot ope mine eyes, But thou art ready there to catch My morning-soul and sacrifice: Then we must needs ...
O Sacred Providence, who from end to end Strongly and sweetly movest! shall I write, And not of thee, through ...
To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise: Mend my estate in any ways, ...
Lord, I confess my sin is great; Great is my sin. Oh! gently treat With thy quick flow'r, thy momentany ...
Wounded I sing, tormented I indite, Thrown down I fall into a bed, and rest: Sorrow hath chang'd its note: ...
My stock lies dead and no increase Doth my dull husbandry improve: O let thy graces without cease Drop from ...
Oh King of grief! (a title strange, yet true, To thee of all kings only due) Oh King of wounds! ...
Full of rebellion, I would die, Or fight, or travel, or deny That thou has aught to do with me. ...
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