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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMPLAINING, by GEORGE HERBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do not beguile my heart Last Line: That I may climbe and finde relief. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology | |||
Do not beguile my heart, Because thou art My power and wisdome. Put me not to shame, Because I am Thy clay that sweeps, thy dust that calls. Thou art the Lord of glorie; The deed and storie Are both thy due: but I, a silly flie, That live or die, According as the weather falls. Art thou all justice, Lord? Shows not thy word More attributes? Am I all throat or eye, To weep or crie? Have I no parts but those of grief? Let not thy wrathfull power Afflict my houre, My inch of life: or let thy gracious power Contract my houre, That I may climbe and finde relief. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A DIALOGUE ANTHEM by GEORGE HERBERT |
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