Religion

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by George Herbert 1593–1633

Religion

OH that I knew how all thy lights combine,
And the configurations of their glorie!
Seeing not onely how each verse doth shine,
But all the constellations of the storie.

This verse marks tha…, and both do make a motion
Unto a third, that ten leaves off doth lie:
Then as dispersed herbs do watch a potion,
These three make up some Christians destinie:

… are thy secrets, which my life makes good,
And comments on thee: for in ev'ry thing
Thy words do finde me out, & parallels bring,
… in another make me understood.

Starres are poore books, & oftentimes do misse:
This book of starres lights to eternall blisse.

MLA

Herbert, George. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herbert/31/.

Chicago

Herbert, George. “(untitled).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herbert/31/.

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