Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFFLICTION, by ROBERT HERRICK



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First Line: God n'ere afflicts us more than our desert
Last Line: But yet still lesse then grace can suffer here.
Subject(s): God


God n'ere afflicts us more then our desert,
Though He may seem to over-act His part:
Sometimes He strikes us more then flesh can beare;
But yet still lesse then Grace can suffer here.





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