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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PENITENCE (2), by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The doctors, in the talmud, say
Last Line: More worth, then heav'ns eternitie.
Subject(s): Jews; Repentance; Judaism; Penitence
First Line: The doctors, in the talmud, say
Last Line: More worth, then heav'ns eternitie.
Subject(s): Jews; Repentance; Judaism; Penitence
The Doctors, in the Talmud, say,
That in this world, one onely day
In true repentance spent, will be
More worth, then Heav'ns Eternitie.
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