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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SECOND THANKSGIVING, by GEORGE HERBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I have considered it, and finde / there is no dealing with thy mighty passion
Last Line: The man who once against thee fought.
Variant Title(s): The Reprisal
Subject(s): Repentance; Penitence
First Line: I have considered it, and finde / there is no dealing with thy mighty passion
Last Line: The man who once against thee fought.
Variant Title(s): The Reprisal
Subject(s): Repentance; Penitence
I HAVE consider'd it, and finde
There is no dealing with thy mighty passion?
For though I die for thee, I am behinde;
My sinnes deserve the condemnation.
O make me innocent, that I
May give a disentangled state and free;
And yet thy wounds still my attempts defie,
For by thy death I die for thee.
Ah! was it not enough that thou
By thy eternall glorie didst outgo me?
Couldst thou not griefs sad conquest me allow,
But in all vict'ries overthrow me?
Yet by confession will I come
Into the conquest. Though I can do nought
Against thee, in thee I will overcome
The man who once against thee fought.
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