Praise (I)

George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)



To write a verse or two is all the praise
That I can raise:
Mend my estate in any ways,
Thou shalt have more.

I go to Church; help me to wings, and I
Will thither fly;
Or, if I mount unto the sky,
I will do more.

Man is all weakness; there is no such thing
As Prince or King:
His arm is short; yet with a sling
He may do more.

An herb distill'd, and drunk, may dwell next door,
On the same floor,
To a brave soul:  Exalt the poor,
They can do more.

O raise me then! poor bees, that work all day,
Sting my delay,
Who have a work, as well as they,
And much, much more.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 16, 2023

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Scheme AAAB CCCB DDDB BBXB EEEB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 566
Words 124
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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