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Metaphysical Shape Poems by George Herbert (1593-1633)

3/28/2018

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              Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, 
                     Though foolishly he lost the same, 
                           Decaying more and more, 
                                 Till he became 
                                     Most poore: 
                                     With thee 
                                 O let me rise 
                           As larks, harmoniously, 
                     And sing this day thy victories: 
              Then shall the fall further the flight in me. 

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               My tender age in sorrow did beginne 
                     And still with sicknesses and shame. 
                            Thou didst so punish sinne, 
                                  That I became 
                                       Most thinne. 
                                       With thee 
                                  Let me combine, 
                            And feel thy victorie: 
                     For, if I imp my wing on thine, 
               Affliction shall advance the flight in me. 


George Herbert (1593-1633) was an Anglican priest educated at Cambridge University and wrote devotional, metaphysical poems. He died young, struck by "consumption" (tuberculosis).
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