Have I no harvest, but a thorn To let me blood; and not restore What I have lost, with cordial fruit? Sure, there was wine, Before my sighs did dry it: there was corn, Before my tears did drown it. Is the year only lost to me? Have I no bays to crown it? No flowers, no garlands gay? all blasted? All wasted? Not so, my heart! but there is fruit; Recover all thy On double pleasures. And thou hast hands. sigh-blown age Leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit, and not. Forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which pretty thoughts have made, and made to thee Good cable, to enforce, and draw, And be thy law While thou didst wink, and wouldst not see. Away! take heed! I will abroad. Call in thy death's head there. Tie up thy fears. To suit and serve his need, Deserves his load." But, as I raved, and grew more fierce and wild Methought I heard one calling, "Child!" The Glimpse. WHITHER away, Delight? Thou cam'st but now; wilt thou so soon depart, For many weeks of lingering pain and smart, Methinks Delight should have More skill in music, and keep better time. They quickly go and come with lesser crime. Thy short abode and stay Feeds not, but adds to the desire of meat. A neighbor spring to cool his inward heat; In hope of thee, my heart Picked here and there a crumb, and would not die : When as my fears foretold this, did reply, Yet, if the heart that wept Must let thee go, return when it doth knock. For future times, the droppings of the stock If I have more to spin, The wheel shall go, so that thy stay be short. Disturb the work. Oh, make me not their sport, Assurance. Oн, spiteful, bitter thought! When wit contrives to meet with thee,- Thou saidst, but even now, That all was not so fair as I conceived, And that I had great cause to fear it. And what to this? What more Could poison, if it had a tongue, express? But I will to my Father, Who heard thee say it. "O most gracious Lord! Not half a letter, to oppose What is objected by my foes. "But thou art my desert. And in this league, which now my foes invade, But also mine; as, when the league was made, And hold my hand, while I did write. "Wherefore, if thou canst fail, Then can thy truth, and I. But, while rocks stand, Now, foolish thought, go on, Spin out thy thread; and make thereof a coat, Now love and truth will end in man. The Call. COME, my Way, my Truth, my Life! Such a Way, as gives us breath; Such a Truth, as ends all strife; Such a Life, as killeth death. Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength! Such a Light, as shews a feast; Such a Feast, as mends in length; Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart! Clasping of Hands. LORD, thou art mine! and I am thine, So that again I now am mine. And with advantage mine the more: If I without thee would be mine, Lord, I am thine; and thou art mine! Oh, be mine still still make me thine! |