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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ELIXIR, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Teach me, my god and king Last Line: Cannot for less be told. Subject(s): Alchemy & Alchemists; God; Prayer | |||
Teach me, my God and King, In all things to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for thee. Not rudely, as a beast, To tun into an action; But still to make thee preposset, And give it his perfection. A man that looks on glass, On it may stay his eye, Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake: Nothing can be so mean Which with this tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room as for thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to god; For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for less be told. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY A DIALOGUE ANTHEM by GEORGE HERBERT |
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