The Glimpse

George Herbert * Track #124 On The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

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Whither away delight?
Thou cam'st but now; wilt thou so soon depart,
And give me up to night?
For many weeks of ling'ring pain and smart
But one half hour of comfort for my heart?

Methinks delight should have
More skill in music, and keep better time.
Wert thou a wind or wave,
They quickly go and come with lesser crime:
Flowers look about, and die not in their prime.

Thy short abode and stay
Feeds not, but adds to the desire of meat.
Lime begged of old (they say)
A neighbour spring to cool his inward heat;
Which by the spring's access grew much more great.

In hope of thee my heart
Picked here and there a crumb, and would not die;
But constant to his part
Whenas my fears foretold this, did reply,
A slender thread a gentle guest will tie.

Yet if the heart that wept
Must let thee go, return when it doth knock.
Although thy heap be kept
For future times, the droppings of the stock
May oft break forth, and never break the lock.

If I have more to spin,
The wheel shall go, so that thy stay be short.
Thou knowst how grief and sin
Disturb the work. O make me not their sport,
Who by thy coming may be m

The Glimpse

George Herbert * Track #124 On The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

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