The complete works in verse and prose of George Herbert For the first time fully collected and collated with the original and early editions and mss. and much enlarged with I. Hitherto unprinted and inedited poems and prose from the Williams mss. etc. II. Translation of the whole of the Latin and Greek verse and Latin prose. III. Memorial-introduction, essay on life and writings, and notes and illustrations. IV. In quarto, portraits on steel, and other specially-prepared illustrations and facsimiles. Edited by the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart ... In three volumes [in The Fuller Worthies' Library] |
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VI. PERSEVERANCE.
My God, ye poore expressions of my Love,
Wch warme these lines and serve them vp to Thee,
Are so as for the present I did moue,
Or rather as Thou mouèdst mee.
Wch warme these lines and serve them vp to Thee,
Are so as for the present I did moue,
Or rather as Thou mouèdst mee.
But what shall issue, whether these my words
Shal help another, but my iudgment bee;
As a burst fouling-peece doth saue ye birds,
But kill the man, is seald wth Thee.
Shal help another, but my iudgment bee;
As a burst fouling-peece doth saue ye birds,
But kill the man, is seald wth Thee.
For who can tell, though Thou hast dyde to winn
And wedd my soule in glorious paradise,
Whither my many crymes and vse of sinn
May yet forbid the banes and bliss?
And wedd my soule in glorious paradise,
Whither my many crymes and vse of sinn
May yet forbid the banes and bliss?
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Onely my soule hangs on Thy promises,
Wth face and hands clinging vnto Thy brest;
Clinging and crying, crying wthout cease,
‘Thou art my Rock, Thou art my Rest.’
Wth face and hands clinging vnto Thy brest;
Clinging and crying, crying wthout cease,
‘Thou art my Rock, Thou art my Rest.’
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