Religion
Judgement.
Religion
ALmightie Judge, how shall poore wretches brook
Thy dreadfull look,
Able a heart of iron to appall,
When thou shalt call
For ev'ry mans peculiar book?
What others mean to do, I know not well;
Yet I heare tell,
That some will turn thee to some leaves therein
So void of sinne,
That they in merit shall excell.
But I resolve, when thou shalt call for mine,
That to decline,
And thrust a Testament into thy hand:
Let that be scann'd.
There thou shalt finde my faults are thine.
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MLA
Herbert, George. “Judgement.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herbert/162/.
Chicago
Herbert, George. “Judgement.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herbert/162/.
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