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George Herbert
George Herbert

Discipline

Discipline


THROW away Thy rod,
Throw away Thy wrath;
O my God,
Take the gentle path!

For my heart's desire

192
George Herbert
George Herbert

Easter Song

Easter Song

I Got me flowers to straw Thy way,
I got me boughs off many a tree;
But Thou wast up by break of day,
And brought’st Thy swee…

242
George Herbert
George Herbert

Church Monuments

Church Monuments

While that my soul repairs to her devotion,
Here I intomb my flesh, that it betimes
May take acquaintance of this heap of dust; …

284
George Herbert
George Herbert

Clasping of Hands

Clasping of Hands

LORD, Thou art mine, and I am Thine,
If mine I am; and Thine much more
Then I or ought or can be mine.
Yet to be Thine …

241
George Herbert
George Herbert

Affliction (IV)

Affliction (IV)

Broken in pieces all asunder,
Lord, hunt me not,
A thing forgot,
Once a poor creature, now a wonder,
A wonder tor…

241
George Herbert
George Herbert

Artillery

Artillery


As I one ev'ning sat before my cell,
Me thoughts a star did shoot into my lap.
I rose, and shook my clothes, as knowing well, <…

334
George Herbert
George Herbert

Affliction (II)

Affliction (II)

Kill me not ev'ry day,
Thou Lord of life, since thy one death for me
Is more than all my deaths can be,
Though I in broke…

216
George Herbert
George Herbert

Aaron

Aaron


Holiness on the head,
Light and perfection on the breast,
Harmonious bells below, raising the dead
To led them unto life an…

339
George Herbert
George Herbert

A Dialogue-Anthem

A Dialogue-Anthem

Alas, poor Death! Where is thy glory?
Where is thy famous force, thy ancient sting?


Alas, poor mortal, void of …

246
George Herbert
George Herbert

A Dialogue

A Dialogue

Man. SWEETEST Saviour, if my soul
Were but worth the having,
Quickly should I then control

Any thought of waving.

256
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Windsor Poetics : Lines Composed On The Occasion Of His Royal Highness The

Windsor Poetics : Lines Composed On The Occasion Of His Royal Highness The
Prince Regent Being Seen Standing Between The Coffins Of Henry VIII And
Charles I, In …

424
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Written Shortly After The Marriage Of Miss Chaworth

Written Shortly After The Marriage Of Miss Chaworth

Hills of Annesley, bleak and barren,
Where my thoughtless childhood stray'd,
How the northern…

433
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Were My Bosom As False as Thou Deem'st It To Be

Were My Bosom As False as Thou Deem'st It To Be

Were my bosom as false as thou deem'st it to be,
I need not have wander'd from far Galilee;
It wa…

395
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

When I Roved A Young Highlander

When I Roved A Young Highlander

When I roved a young Highlander o'er the dark heath,
And climb'd thy steep sumrnit, oh Morven of snow!
To gaze on…

672
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Versicles

Versicles


I Read the 'Christabel';
Very well:
I read the Missionary';
Pretty very
I tried at Ilderim ;
Ahem!

430
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

We Sate Down And Wept By The Waters

We Sate Down And Wept By The Waters

I.
We sate down and wept by the waters
Of Babel, and thought of the day
When our foe, in the hue of h…

534
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Translation Of The Romaic Song

Translation Of The Romaic Song

I enter thy garden of roses,
Beloved and fair Haidée,
Each morning where Flora reposes,
For surely I see h…

493
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Translation Of The Famous Greek War Song

Translation Of The Famous Greek War Song

Sons of the Greeks, arise!
The glorious hour's gone forth,
And, worthy of such ties,
Display who…

570
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Translation From Horace

Translation From Horace

[Justum et tenacem propositi virum, &c.]

The man of firm and noble soul
No factious clamours can control;

693
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

Translation Of A Romaic Love Song

Translation Of A Romaic Love Song

Ah! Love was never yet without
The pang, the agony, the doubt,
Which rends my heart with ceaseless sigh,

610
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

To Woman

To Woman

Woman! experience might have told me,
That all must love thee who behold thee:
Surely experience might have taught
Thy firmest p…

505
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

To Thyrza: And Thou Art Dead, As Young And Fair

To Thyrza: And Thou Art Dead, As Young And Fair

And thou art dead, as young and fair
As aught of mortal birth;
And form so soft, and charms so ra…

433
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

To Thomas Moore

To Thomas Moore

My boat is on the shore,
And my bark is on the sea;
But, before I go, Tom Moore,
Here's a double health to thee!

579
Lord Byron
Lord Byron

To Thomas Moore : Written The Evening Before His Visit To Mr. Leigh Hunt In

To Thomas Moore : Written The Evening Before His Visit To Mr. Leigh Hunt In
Horsemonger Lane Gaol, May 19, 1813

Oh you, who in all names can tickle the t…

439