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THE CHURCH-PORCH: SUPERLIMINARE by GEORGE HERBERT

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First Line: THOU, WHOM THE FORMER PRECEPTS HAVE
Last Line: MAY AT HIS PERILL FURTHER GO.

THOU whom the former precepts have
Sprinkled and taught, how to behave
Thyself in church; approach, and taste
The churches mysticall repast.
Avoid profanenesse; come not here:
Nothing but holy, pure, and cleare,
Or that which groneth to be so,
May at his perill further go.



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