Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHURCH RENTS AND SCHISMES, by GEORGE HERBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Brave rose, (alas!) where art thou? In the chair Last Line: Which falls by night, and poure it out for you! | ||||||||
BRAVE Rose, alas! where art thou? in the chair Where thou didst lately so triumph and shine, A worm doth sit, whose many feet and hair Are the more foul, the more thou wert divine. This, this, hath done it; this did bite the root And bottome of the leaves: which when the winde Did once perceive, it blew them under foot, Where rude unhallow'd steps do crush and grinde Their beauteous glories. Onely shreds of thee, And those all bitten, in thy chair I see. Why doth my Mother blush? is she the rose, And shows it so? Indeed Christs precious bloud Gave you a colour once; which when your foes Thought to let out, the bleeding did you good, And made you look much fresher then before. But, when debates and fretting jealousies Did worm and work within you more and more, Your colour faded, and calamities Turned your ruddie into pale and bleak; Your health and beautie both began to break. Then did your sev'rall parts unloose and start: Which when your neighbours saw, like a northwinde They rushed in, and cast them in the dirt Where Pagans tread. O Mother, deare and kinde, Where shall I get me eyes enough to weep, As many eyes as starres? since it is night, And much of Asia and Europe fast asleep, And ev'n all Africk; would at least I might With these two poore ones lick up all the dew, Which falls by night, and poure it out for you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TRUE HYMN [HYMNE] by GEORGE HERBERT CHURCH MONUMENTS by GEORGE HERBERT CHURCH-MUSICK [CHURCH MUSIC] by GEORGE HERBERT |
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