Welcome dear feast of Lent: who loves not thee,He loves not Temperance, or Authority,But is composed of passion.The Scriptures bid us fast; the Church says, now:Give to thy Mother, what thou would allowTo every Corporation. The humble soul composed of love and fearBegins at home, and lays the burden there,When doctrines disagree.He says, in thingsContinue reading “Lent – George Herbert”
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Aaron, by George Herbert
Holiness on the head, Light and perfections on the breast,Harmonious bells below, raising the dead To lead them unto life and rest: Thus are true Aarons drest. Profaneness in my head, Defects and darkness in my breast,A noise of passions ringing me for dead Unto a place where is no rest: Poor priest,Continue reading “Aaron, by George Herbert”
Love (II) – George Herbert
Immortal Heat, O let thy greater flameAttract the lesser to it: let those firesWhich shall consume the world, first make it tame,And kindle in our hearts such true desires, As may consume our lusts, and make thee way.Then shall our hearts pant thee; then shall our brainAll her invention on thine Altar lay,And there inContinue reading “Love (II) – George Herbert”
Trinitie Sunday
Lord, who hast form’d me out of mud,And hast redeem’d me through thy bloudAnd sanctifi’d me to do good; Purge all my sinnes done heretofore:For I confesse my heavie score,And I will strive to sinne no more. Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me,With faith, with hope, with charitie;That I may runne, rise, rest withContinue reading “Trinitie Sunday”
Love (iii)
Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin.But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in,Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning If I lacked anything. “A guest,” I answered, “worthy to be here”: Love said, “You shall be he.”“I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear, IContinue reading “Love (iii)”
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