Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (1), by GEORGE HERBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh book! Infinite sweetness! Let my heart Last Line: Subject to ev'ry mounters bended knee. Variant Title(s): The H. Scriptures (i) Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
OH Book! infinite sweetnesse! let my heart Suck ev'ry letter, and a hony gain, Precious for any grief in any part; To cleare the breast, to mollifie all pain. Thou art all health, health thriving, till it make A full eternitie: thou art a masse Of strange delights, where we may wish and take. Ladies, look here; this is the thankfull glasse That mends the lookers eyes: this is the well That washes what it shows. Who can indeare Thy praise too much? thou art heav'ns lidger here, Working against the states of death and hell. Thou art joyes handsell: heav'n lies flat in thee, Subject to ev'ry mounters bended knee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A DIALOGUE ANTHEM by GEORGE HERBERT |
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