Lives of Donne & HerbertUniversity Press, 1928 - 119 pages |
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Page 22 - Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th
Page 102 - He had disparaged himself by so dirty an employment," his answer was, "That the thought of what he had done would prove music to him at midnight, and that the omission of it would have upbraided and made discord in his conscience, whensoever he should pass by that place ; for if I be bound to pray for all that be in distress, I am sure that I am bound, so far as it is in my power, to practise what I pray for. And though I do not wish for the like...
Page 70 - Sure, Lord, there is enough in thee to dry Oceans of ink ; for, as the deluge did Cover the earth, so doth thy majesty : Each cloud distils thy praise, and doth forbid Poets to turn it to another use. Roses and lilies speak thee ; and to make A pair of cheeks of them, is thy abuse.
Page x - Heaven in holy raptures, and inticing others by a sacred Art and Courtship to amend their lives; here picturing a vice so as to make it ugly to those that practised it; and a...
Page 76 - Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town, Thou didst betray me to a ling'ring book And wrap me in a gown.
Page 38 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 41 - But only whilst 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 symbol of their certainty. Let the world reel, we and all ours stand sure, This holy cable's from all storms secure. GEORGE HERBERT.
Page 38 - A hymn to God the Father Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before ? Wilt thou forgive that sin through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more.
Page 70 - My God, where is that ancient heat towards Thee, Wherewith whole shoals of martyrs once did burn, Besides their other flames ? Doth poetry Wear Venus' livery ? — only serve her turn ? Why are not sonnets made of Thee, and lays Upon Thine altar burnt ? Cannot Thy love Heighten a spirit to sound out Thy praise As well as any she ? Cannot Thy dove Outstrip their Cupid easily in flight ? Or, since Thy...
Page 77 - I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree ; For sure then I should grow To fruit, or shade ; at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just.