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" Now I am here ; what thou wilt do with me, None of my books will show. I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree ; For sure then I should grow To fruit, or shade ; at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just. "
The temple, sacred poems and private ejaculations. [With] The synagogue - Page 32
by George Herbert - 1709
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The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

George Herbert - 1882 - 244 pages
...ficknefles. Thus doth my power crofle-bias me,not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my wayes taking. Now Now I am here, what thou wilt do with me None of my books will fhow I reade, and figh, and wifh I were a tree; For fure then I mould grow To fruit or fhade: at leaft fome...
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The temple; sacred poems and private ejaculations. Facs. repr. of the 1st ed ...

George Herbert - 1882 - 254 pages
...ficknefles. Thus doth my power crofle-bias me,not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my wayes taking. Now Now I am here, what thou wilt do with me None of my books will mow I reade, and figh, and wifh I were a tree; For fure then I mould grow To fruit or made : at leaft...
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The Temple and Other English Poems

George Herbert - 1883 - 262 pages
...sicknesses. Thus doth Thy power cross-bias me, not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my ways taking. Now I am here, what Thou wilt do with me None of my books will show : I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree ; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade : at...
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Walton's Lives of dr. John Donne, sir Henry Wotton, mr. Richard Hooker, mr ...

Izaak Walton - 1884 - 536 pages
...Thus doth thy power cross-Has me, not making Thine own gifts good, yet me from my ways taking. Noiv I am here, what thou wilt do with me None of my books will show. I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree, For then sure I should grow To fruit or shade, at least...
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The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Being a Facsimile Reprint ...

George Herbert - 1885 - 228 pages
...ficknefles. Thus doth thy power crofle-bias me.not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my vvayes taking. Now I am here, what thou wilt do with me None of my books will mow : I reade, and figh, and wiih I were a tree; For fure then I mould grow To fruit or made: at leaft...
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The Poems of George Herbert: To which are Added Selections from His Prose ...

George Herbert - 1885 - 370 pages
...sicknesses. Tims dcth thy power cross-bias me, not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my ways taking. " Now I am here, what thou wilt do with me None of my books will show ; I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree ; For then sure I should grow To fruit or shade ; at...
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The poetical works of George Herbert; and The synagogue, by C. Harvey, with ...

George Herbert - 1885 - 408 pages
...Thus doth thy power cross-bias me, not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my ways taking. 5J |OW I am here, what thou wilt do with me None of my books will show : I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree ; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade : at...
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Izaak Walton's Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George ...

Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 pages
...Thus doth Thy power cross-bias me, not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my ways taking. ' ' Now I am here, what Thou wilt do with me None of my books will show : I rend, and sigh, and wish I were a tree ; For then sure I should grow To fruit or shade : at...
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Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Herbert

Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 pages
...Thus doth Thy power cross-bias me, not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my ways taking. ' ' Now I am here, what Thou wilt do with me None of my books will show : I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree ; For then sure I should grow To fruit or shade : at...
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The Treasury of Sacred Song: Selected from the English Lyrical Poetry of ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1889 - 394 pages
...sicknesses.. Thus doth Thy power cross-bias me, not making Thine own gift good, yet me from my ways taking. Now I am here, what Thou wilt do with me None of my books will show ; I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree — For sure, then, I should grow To fruit or shade...
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