Religion

Sions Sonets: Sonet 25

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Poems (1633), Sions Sonets

Religion

MOst glorious Love, and honourable Lord,
My heart's the vowed servant of thy Word,
But I am weake, and as a tender Vine.
Shall fall, unpropt by that deare hand of thine:
Assist me therefore that I may fulfill
What thou commandst, and then command thy wil;
O leave thy Sacred Spirit in my brest,
As earnest of an everlasting Rest.

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Sions Sonets: Sonet 25.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/584/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Sions Sonets: Sonet 25.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/584/.

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