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Album The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Bitter-Sweet by George Herbert

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George Herbert
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Much of Herbert’s poetry stems from his long reflection on the pain and the joy of living life as a dedicated servant of God and his people, a way of life Herbert chose even though he was of noble birth and capable of much more glorious tasks in this world.

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Bitter-Sweet Annotated

Ah, my dear angry Lord,
Since thou dost love, yet strike;
Cast down, yet help afford;
Sure I will do the like.

I will complain, yet praise;
I will bewail, approve;
And all my sour-sweet days
I will lament and love.

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