Holiness on the head, …
George Herbert
As I one evening sat before my cell, …
While that my soul repairs to her devotion, …
Death, thou wast once an uncouth hideous thing, …
When my devotions could not pierce …
Throw away thy rod, …
Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, …
Who says that fictions only and false hair …
I made a posy, while the day ran by: …
Immortal Love, author of this great frame, …
Immortal Heat, O let Thy greater flame …
Love bade me welcome. Yet my soul drew backLove bade me welcome. Yet my soul drew back compare Song of Solomon 5:6. "I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had with drawen himself" (Authorized Version, 1611). "Bade" is past tense of "bid," and in Herbert's time was pronounced like "bad." …
My God, I heard this day …
Prayer the church's banquet, angel's age, …
Having been tenant long to a rich lord, …
Lord, with what care hast thou begirt us round! …
When first thou didst entice to thee my heart, …
A broken ALTAR, Lord, thy servant rears, …
I joy, dear mother, when I view …
I struck the board, and cried, "No more; …
Teach me, my God and King, …
How fresh, oh Lord, how sweet and clean …
The harbingers are come. See, see their mark: …
I threaten'd to observe the strict decree …
I know the ways of learning; both the head …
When God at first made man, …
The merry World did on a day …
How should I praise thee, Lord! How should my rhymes …
Lord, how can man preach thy eternal word? …
The fleet astronomer can bore …
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, …