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TO GOD (2) by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: WITH GOLDEN CENSERS, AND WITH INCENSE, HERE
Last Line: TIS TRUE, MY GOD; BUT I CAN'T PAY ONE MITE.
Subject(s): GOD;
With golden Censers, and with Incense, here,
Before Thy Virgin-Altar I appeare,
To pay Thee that I owe, since what I see
In, or without; all, all belongs to Thee:
Where shall I now begin to make, for one
Least loane of Thine, half Restitution?
Alas! I cannot pay a jot; therefore
I'le kisse the Tally, and confesse the score.
Ten thousand Talents lent me, Thou dost write:
'Tis true, my God; but I can't pay one mite.



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