Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON GEORGE HERBERT'S BOOK, THE TEMPLE, SENT TO A GENTLEWOMAN, by RICHARD CRASHAW



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ON GEORGE HERBERT'S BOOK, THE TEMPLE, SENT TO A GENTLEWOMAN, by             Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Know you, fair, on what you look
Last Line: Of your white hand, they are mine.
Subject(s): Books; Herbert, George (1593-1633); Reading


Know you fair, on what you look;
Divinest love lies in this book,
Expecting fire from your eyes,
To kindle this his sacrifice.
When your hands untie these strings,
Think you'have an angel by th' wings.
One that gladly will be nigh,
To wait upon each morning sigh.
To flutter in the balmy air
Of your well-perfumed prayer.
These white plumes of his he'll lend you,
Which every day to heaven will send you,
To take acquaintance of the sphere,
And all the smooth-fac'd kindred there.
And though Herbert's name do owe
These devotions, fairest, know
That while I lay them on the shrine
Of your white hand, they are mine.





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