Church Music



Sweetest of sweets, I thank you: when displeasure
Did through my body wound my mind,
You took me thence, and in your house of pleasure
A dainty lodging me assigned.

Now I in you without a body move,
Rising and falling with your wings:
We both together sweetly live and love,
Yet say sometimes, "God help poor Kings".

Comfort, I'll die; for if you post from me
Sure I shall do so, and much more:
But if I travel in your company,
You know the way to heaven's door.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 459
Words 91
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

George Herbert

 · 1593 · Montgomery
 · 1633 · Bemerton

The Very Reverend Honourable George Herbert was an Anglican priest. more…

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