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Born in April 3, 1593 / Died in March 1, 1633 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by George Herbert

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The Call

... Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength: ...

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Miserie

... let him go And serve the swine: there, there is his delight: ...

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The Bag

... And straight he turn'd, and to his brethren cry'd, ...

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Sinne

...   Yet all these fences and their whole array ...

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The Sonne

...   For what Christ once in humblenesse began, ...

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The Church Floore

...   Hither sometimes Sinne steals, and stains ...

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The Method

... Down with thy knees, up with thy voice: ...

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Dulnesse

... Lord, cleare thy gift, that with a constant wit ...

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Dotage

... Foolish night-fires, women's and children's wishes, ...

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The Pilgrimage

... So to Care's cops I came, and there got through ...

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Charms And Knots

... When th' hair is sweet through pride or lust, ...

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Antiphon II.

... Chor. Lord, thy praises should be more ...

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Inscription, In The Parsonage, Bemerton, To My Successor

...   As God gives thee store, ...

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Sion

...   Wherefore thou quitt'st thy ancient claim: ...

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The Crosse

... Save in the sight thereof, where strength doth sting ...