The English Poems of George HerbertHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 427 pages |
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AFFLICTION ALICE FREEMAN PALMER art thou beautie Bemerton blessed bloud brave breast breath Christ CHURCH MILITANT CHURCH-PORCH crie dayes deare death delight divine doore doth drest dust earth ev'n ev'ry eyes farre fear finde flesh flie flower foul GEORGE HERBERT GEORGE HERBERT PALMER give glorie glorious God's grace Greece grief grone Group hand hath heart heav'n holy honour joyes King light live look Lord minde mirth musick night once pain passion peace Platonic love pleasure poems poet poetry poore posie PRAYER priesthood Religion rest runne Saviour sayes shine show thy sigh sing sinne skie SONNETS sorrow soul starres sunne sure sweet sweetnesse taste tears thee thine things Thou art thou canst thou didst thou dost thou hast thou shalt thought thy love thy praise unto verse vertue wayes weep Wherefore Williams Manuscript wilt Wilton House winde words
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Page 371 - and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie; 10 My musick shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Onely a sweet and vertuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, 15 Then chiefly lives.
Page 53 - into an action; But still to make thee prepossest, And give it his perfection. A man that looks on glasse On it may stay his eye, Or if he pleaseth, through it passe, And then the heav'n espie. 10
Page 213 - I heard in Musick you had skill. But thou shalt answer, Lord, for me. Then came brave Glorie puffing by In silks that whistled, who but he ? He scarce allow'd me half an eie. But thou shalt answer, Lord, for me. Then came quick Wit and Conversation, And he would needs a comfort be,
Page 106 - Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, Fine nets and strategems to catch us in. Bibles laid open, millions of surprises, Blessings beforehand, tyes of gratefulnesse, The sound of glorie ringing in our eares; 10 Without, our shame; within, our consciences; Angels and grace, eternali hopes and
Page 96 - to make us gay, 55 And fit for Paradise. Thou art a day of mirth; And where the week-dayes trail on ground, Thy flight is higher, as thy birth. O let me take thee at the bound, 60 Leaping with thee from sev'n to sev'n, Till that we both, being toss'd from earth, Flie hand in hand to heav'n!
Page 305 - While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Away! Take heed! I will abroad. Call in thy death's head there. Tie up thy fears. He that forbears 30 To suit and serve his need Deserves his load. But as I rav'd and grew more fierce and wilde At every word, Me thoughts I heard one calling, Childe ! 35 And I reply'd, My Lord.
Page 248 - When she doth write. A fine aspect in fit array, Neither too mean, nor yet too gay, Shows who is best. Outlandish looks may not compare, 10 For all they either painted are, Or else undrest. She on the hills which wantonly Allureth all, in hope to be By her preferr'd, 15
Page 50 - JORDAN WHEN first my lines of heav'nly joyes made mention, Such was their lustre, they did so excell, That I sought out quaint words and trim invention; My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell, Curling with metaphors a plain intention, 5 Decking the sense as if it were to sell. Thousands of notions in my brain did
Page 166 - AFFLICTION WHEN first thou didst entice to thee my heart, I thought the service brave; So many joyes I writ down for my part, Besides what I might have Out of my stock of naturall delights, Augmented with thy gracious benefits. I looked on thy furniture so fine, And made it fine to me; Thy glorious
Page 237 - To thy renown; but all their hands and throats Are brought to Man, while they are lame and mute. Man is the world's high Priest. He doth present The sacrifice for all; while they below. Unto the service mutter an assent, 15 Such as springs use that fall and