Religion
JESU.
Religion
JESU is in my heart, his sacred name
Is deeply carved there: but th'other week
A great affliction broke the little frame,
Ev'n all to pieces: which I went to seek:
And first I found the corner, where was I,
After, where ES, and next where V was graved.
When I had got these parcels, instantly
I sat me down to spell them, and perceived
That to my broken heart he was I ease you,
And to my whole is IESV.
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MLA
Herbert, George. “JESU.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herbert/89/.
Chicago
Herbert, George. “JESU.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herbert/89/.
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