The English Works of George Herbert: Newly Arranged and Annotated and Considered in Relation to His Life, Volym 2

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Houghton, Mifflin, 1905

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Sida 103 - All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture " for Thy sake " Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine.
Sida 239 - REDEMPTION. HAVING been tenant long to a rich Lord, Not thriving, I resolved to be bold, / / And make a suit unto him, to afford / A new small-rented lease, and cancell th
Sida 385 - Than he that curbs them, being but one to five: Yet I love Thee.
Sida 122 - In thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild Anagram. Leave writing Plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in Acrostic land : There thou mayst wings display, and altars raise, And torture one poor word ten thousand ways: Or if thou wouldst thy different talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
Sida 15 - THOU, whose sweet youth and early hopes enhance Thy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure, Hearken unto a Verser, who may chance Rhyme thee to good, and make a bait of pleasure : A verse may find him, who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a Sacrifice.
Sida 63 - Christ purged his temple ; so must thou thy heart. All worldly thoughts are but thieves met together To cozen thee. Look to thy actions well ; For Churches either are our heaven or hell.
Sida 183 - Almighty, sinner's tower, Reversed thunder, Christ-side-piercing spear, The six days' world-transposing in an hour, A kind of tune, which all things hear and fear ; Softness, and peace, and joy, and love, and bliss, Exalted Manna, gladness of the best, Heaven in...
Sida 233 - LORD, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! Parents first season us : then schoolmasters Deliver us to laws ; they send us bound To rules of reason, holy messengers, Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes. Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises...
Sida 221 - For us, the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow; Nothing we see, but means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure; The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure.
Sida 65 - Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge. If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching, folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

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