The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice – George Herbert Oh all ye, who pass by, whose eyes and mindTo worldly things are sharp, but to me blind;
The Quip
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email The Quip – George Herbert The merry World did on a dayWith his train-bands and mates agree
The Pulley
The Pulley – George Herbert When God at first made man,Having a glass of blesings standing by;
The Pearl
The Pearl -George Herbert I know the ways of Learning; both the headAnd pipes that feed the press, and make it run;
The H. Communion
The H. Communion -George Herbert Not in rich furniture, or fine array, Nor in a wedge of gold,
The Forerunners
The Forerunners – George Herbert The harbingers are come. See, see their mark; White is their colour, and behold my head.
The Flower
The Flower – George Herbert How fresh, O Lord, how sweet and clean Are thy returns! ev’n as the flowers in spring;
The Elixir
The Elixir – George Herbert Teach me, my God and King,In all things Thee to see,
The Collar
The Collar -George Herbert I struck the board, and cried, “No more!I will abroad.
The Altar
The Altar-George Herbert A broken ALTAR, Lord, thy servant rears,Made of a heart and cemented with tears; A broken ALTAR, Lord, thy servant rears,Made of a heart and cemented with tears;Whose parts are as thy hand did frame;No workman’s tool hath touch’d the same.A HEART aloneIs such a stone,As nothing butThy pow’r doth cut.Wherefore each […]
The Agony
The Agony -George Herbert Philosophers have measur’d mountains, Fathom’d the depths of the seas, of states, and kings, Philosophers have measur’d mountains, Fathom’d the depths of the seas, of states, and kings, Walk’d with a staff to heav’n, and traced fountains: But there are two vast, spacious things, The which to measure it doth more […]
The Affliction
The Affliction -George Herbert When first thou didst entice to thee my heart,I thought the service brave;
Sunday
Sunday -George Herbert O day most calm, most bright The fruit of this, the next world’s bud,
Sonnet II
Sonnet II -George Herbert Sure Lord, there is enough in thee to dry Oceans of Ink ; for, as the Deluge did
Sonnet
Sonnet – George Herbert My God, where is that ancient heat towards thee, Wherewith whole showls of Martyrs once did burn,
Sin II
Sin II – George Herbert O that I could a sin once see! We paint the devil foul, yet he O that I could a sin once see! We paint the devil foul, yet heHath some good in him, all agree.Sin is flat opposite to th’ Almighty, seeingIt wants the good of virtue, and of […]
Sin
Sin – George Herbert Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round!Parents first season us; then schoolmasters
Sighs and Groans
Sighs and Groans – George Herbert O do not use me After my sins! look not on my dessert,
Sepulchre
Sepulchre -George Herbert O blessed body! Whither are thou thrown? No lodging for thee, but a cold hard stone? O blessed body! Whither are thou thrown? No lodging for thee, but a cold hard stone? So many hearts on earth, and yet not oneReceive thee? Sure there is room within our hearts’ good store; For […]
Providence
Providence – O Sacred Providence, who from end to endStrongly and sweetly movest! shall I write, O Sacred Providence, who from end to endStrongly and sweetly movest! shall I write,And not of thee, through whom my fingers bendTo hold my quill? shall they not do thee right? Of all the creatures both in sea and […]
Peace
Peace- Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave,Let me once know. Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave,Let me once know.I sought thee in a secret cave,And ask’d, if Peace were there,A hollow wind did seem to answer, No:Go seek elsewhere. I did; and going did a rainbow note:Surely, thought I,This […]
Nature
Nature Full of rebellion, I would die, Or fight, or travel, or deny Full of rebellion, I would die, Or fight, or travel, or denyThat thou has aught to do with me.O tame my heart; It is thy highest artTo captivate strong holds to thee. If thou shalt let this venom lurk, And in suggestions […]
Mortification
Mortification How soon doth man decay!When clothes are taken from a chest of sweets How soon doth man decay!When clothes are taken from a chest of sweetsTo swaddle infants, whose young breathScarce knows the way;Those clouts are little winding-sheets,Which do consign and send them unto Death. When boyes go first to bed,They step into their […]
Mattins
Mattins How Can a Pure Heart b I cannot ope mine eyes, But thou art ready there to catch I cannot ope mine eyes, But thou art ready there to catchMy morning-soul and sacrifice: Then we must needs for that day make a match. My God, what is a heart? Silver, or gold, or precious […]
Man’s Medley
Man’s Medley Hark, how the birds do sing, and woods do ring. Hark, how the birds do sing, and woods do ring. All creatures have their joy: and man hath his. Yet if we rightly measure, Man’s joy and pleasure Rather hereafter, than in present, is. To this life things of sense Make their pretense: […]
Man
Man My God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately habitation,
Love III
Love III – George Herbert Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. 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 […]
Love II
Love II Immortal Heat, O let thy greater flameAttract the lesser to it: let those fires
Love
Love – George Herbert Immortal love, authour of this great frame,Sprung from that beautie which can never fade;
Life
Life – George Herbert I made a posie, while the day ran by: Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie
Joseph’s Coat
Joseph’s Coat – George Herbert Wounded I sing, tormented I indite, Thrown down I fall into a bed, and rest:
Jordan
Jordan – George Herbert Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?
H. Baptism II
H. Baptism II- George Herbert Since, Lord, to theeA narrow way and little gate Since, Lord, to theeA narrow way and little gateIs all the passage, on my infancyThou didst lay hold, and antedateMy faith in me. O let me still Write thee great God, and me a child: Let me be soft and supple […]
H. Baptism
H. Baptism – George Herbert As he that sees a dark and shady grove, Stays not, but looks beyond it on the sky; As he that sees a dark and shady grove, Stays not, but looks beyond it on the sky; So when I view my sins, mine eyes removeMore backward still, and to that […]
Grace
Grace-George Herbert My stock lies dead and no increaseDoth my dull husbandry improve: My stock lies dead and no increaseDoth my dull husbandry improve: O let thy graces without ceaseDrop from above! If still the sun should hide his face, Thy house would but a dungeon prove, Thy works, night’s captives: O let graceDrop from […]
Good Friday
Good Friday- George Herbert O my chief good, How shall I measure out thy blood?
Faith
Faith – George Herbert Lord, how couldst thou so much appeaseThy wrath for sin, as when man’s sight was dim,
Even – Song
Even – Song – George Herbert Blest be the God of love, Who gave me eyes, and light, and power this day,
Employment
Employment -George Herbert If as a flower doth spread and die, Thou wouldst extend me to some good, If as a flower doth spread and die, Thou wouldst extend me to some good, Before I were by frost’s extremityNipt in the bud; The sweetness and the praise were thine; But the extension and the room, […]
Easter Wings
Easter Wings – George Herbert Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store,Though foolishly he lost the same,
Easter Song
Easter Song – George Herbert I got me flowers to straw Thy way, I got me boughs off many a tree;
Easter
Easter- George Herbert Rise, heart, thy lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays,
Discipline
Discipline Throw away Thy rod, Throw away Thy wrath;
Denial
Denial-George Herbert When my devotions could not pierce Thy silent ears;
Church Monuments
Church Monuments – George Herbert While that my soul repairs to her devotion,Here I intomb my flesh, that it betimes
Bitter – Sweet
Bitter – Sweet – George Herbert Ah, my dear angry Lord,Since thou dost love, yet strike; Ah, my dear angry Lord,Since thou dost love, yet strike;Cast down, yet help afford;Sure I will do the like. I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve;And all my sour-sweet daysI will lament and love.