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IN SACRAM ANCHORAM PISCATORIS, G. HERBERT
THE SAME IN ENGLISH.
Although the Cross could not Christ here detain,
Though nail'd unto 't, but He ascends again,
Nor yet thy eloquence here keep Him still,
But only while thou speak'st, this Anchor will.
Nor canst thou be content, unless thou to
This certain Anchor add a seal, and so
The water and the earth both unto thee
Do owe the symbole of their certainty.
Though nail'd unto 't, but He ascends again,
Nor yet thy eloquence here keep Him still,
But only while thou speak'st, this Anchor will.
Nor canst thou be content, unless thou to
This certain Anchor add a seal, and so
The water and the earth both unto thee
Do owe the symbole of their certainty.
When Love, being weary, made an end
Of kind expressions to his friend,
He writ: when's hand could write no more,
He gave the Seal, and so left o're.
How sweet a friend was he, who, being griev'd
His letters were broke rudely up, believ'd
'Twas more secure in great Love's Common-weal,
Where nothing should be broke, to adde a Seal!
Of kind expressions to his friend,
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He gave the Seal, and so left o're.
How sweet a friend was he, who, being griev'd
His letters were broke rudely up, believ'd
'Twas more secure in great Love's Common-weal,
Where nothing should be broke, to adde a Seal!
Let the world reel, we and all ours stand sure;
This holy cable's of all storms secure.
This holy cable's of all storms secure.
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