Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BITTER-SWEET, by GEORGE HERBERT


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First Line: Ah, my dear angry lord
Last Line: I will lament and love.


Ah, my dear angry Lord,
Since thou dost love, yet strike;
Cast down, yet help afford;
Sure I will do the like.

I will complain, yet praise;
I will bewail, approve;
And all my sour-sweet days
I will lament and love.




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