Religion

Affliction.

by George Herbert 1593–1633

Religion

MY heart did heave, and there came forth, O God▪
By that I knew that thou wast in the grief,
To guide and govern it to my relief,
Making a scepter of the rod:
Hadst thou not had thy part,
Sure the unruly sigh had broke my heart.

… since thy breath gave me both life and shape,
…ou knowst my tallies; and when there's assign'd
… much breath to a sigh, what's then behinde?
Or if some yeares with it escape,
The sigh then onely is
…ale to bring me sooner to my blisse.

…y life on earth was grief, and thou art still
…nstant unto it, making it to be
…oint of honour, now to grieve in me,
And in thy members suffer ill.
They who lament one crosse,
Thou dying dayly, praise thee to thy losse.

MLA

Herbert, George. “Affliction.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herbert/50/.

Chicago

Herbert, George. “Affliction.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herbert/50/.

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