Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO HIS CONSCIENCE, by ROBERT HERRICK


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First Line: Can I not sin, but thou wilt be
Last Line: So I'll not fear the judge or thee.
Subject(s): Bible; Conscience; Religion; Theology


Can I not sin, but thou wilt be
My private protonotary?
Can I not woo thee to pass by
A short and sweet iniquity?
I'll cast a mist and cloud upon
My delicate transgression,
So utter dark, as that no eye
Shall see the hugged impiety.
Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please,
And wind all other witnesses;
And wilt thou not, with gold, be tied
To lay thy pen and ink aside?
That in the murk and tongueless night,
Wanton I may, and thou not write?
It will not be; and therefore now,
For times to come, I'll make this vow:
From aberrations to live free;
So I'll not fear the judge or thee.




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