George Herbert Poems @iamherbertpoems
Poet, Orator and Priest (1593-1633) Bemerton, Wiltshiire, England Joined November 2013-
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That if I chance to hold my peace These stones to praise thee may not cease. O let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine, And sanctify this ALTAR to be thine. THE ALTAR
A HEART alone Is such a stone, As nothing but Thy pow'r doth cut. Wherefore each part Of my hard heart Meets in this frame, To praise thy name THE ALTAR
A broken ALTAR, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears: Whose parts are as thy hand this frame; No workman's tool hath touched the same. THE ALTAR
If thou do ill; the joy fades, not the pains: If well; the pain doth fade, the joy remains. PERIRRHANTERIUM 77
“Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness; Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast.” THE PULLEY (4)
“For if I should,” said he, “Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature; So both should losers be. THE PULLEY (3)
So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure. When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure, Rest in the bottom lay. THE PULLEY (2)
When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, “Let us,” said he, “pour on him all we can. Let the world’s riches, which dispersèd lie, Contract into a span.” THE PULLEY (1)
Thou shalt recover all Thy goods in kind, Who wert disseized by usurping lust: All knees shall bow to Thee; all wits shall rise, And praise Him Who did make and mend our eyes. LOVE ii
As may consume our lusts, and make Thee way: Then shall our hearts pant Thee, then shall our brain All her invention on Thine altar lay, And there in hymns send back Thy fire again. LOVE ii
Wit fancies beauty, beauty raiseth wit; The world is theirs, they two play out the game, Thou standing by: and though Thy glorious name Wrought our deliverance from th' infernal pit, Who sings Thy praise? LOVE 1
Immortal Love, author of this great frame, Sprung from that beauty which can never fade, How hath man parcel'd out Thy glorious name, And thrown it on that dust which Thou hast made, While mortal love doth all the title gain! LOVE 1
That if I chance to hold my peace, These stones to praise thee may not cease. Oh, let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine, And sanctify this ALTAR to be thine. THE ALTAR
A HEART alone Is such a stone, As nothing but Thy pow'r doth cut. THE ALTAR
A broken ALTAR, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart and cemented with tears; THE ALTAR
And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame? My dear, then I will serve. You must sit down, says Love, and taste my meat: So I did sit and eat. LOVE (III)
I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dear, I cannot look on thee. Love took my hand, and smiling did reply, Who made the eyes but I? LOVE (III)
Did you know that George Herbert - Public Orator at Cambridge University in the 1620s - wrote Latin poems? Mike Fontaine has the review. @CamClassics @iamherbertpoems @PoetryFound @Conventiculum medium.com/in-medias-res/…
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@iamherbertpoems I’m sold on the rapture that ol’ Herbert has with the Almighty. What a beautiful, happily maddening thing. But even if one does not or cannot believe in the personal being he wrote about, just the romance expressed, is on it own I think, worthy of a literate appreciation. 👍🏽🔥❤️
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Shout out to Billy Letford, Jo Shapcott, @KavehAkbar, @iamherbertpoems, Wendy Cope, @chenchenwrites & @JaytotheTee for writing my #HolyWeek sermons for me. #FoundHomiletics a.k.a. #ShamelessPlagiarism (And to @poetrypharmacy, @Jo_Bell & @CanonOakley for being poetry pimps.)
Love bade him welcome, though his hand was red And silver-lined with fear. Love took his hand, and served the broken bread, And smiling drew him near. Love bids him still; no truer love than this Who made those hands, that kiss. #HolyWeek #Crosswords
"...if I imp my wing on Thine, Affliction shall advance the flight in me." || George Herbert @iamherbertpoems
A HEART alone Is such a stone, As nothing but Thy pow'r doth cut. - George Herbert, ALTAR @iamherbertpoems
A faith that is afraid of other people is not faith at all.
If you want a spiritual life, you must unify your life. A life is either all spiritual or not at all.
If we have no silence, God is not heard in our music.
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image.
What I need most of all is the grace to really accept God as He gives Himself to me in every situation.
@iamherbertpoems - Allen Ginsberg on the poetry of George Herbert -this week on the Allen Ginsberg blog - allenginsbeg.org
@iamherbertpoems - Allen Ginsberg discussing George Herbert's poem "Death" - allenginsberg.org/2017/05/george…
@iamherbertpoems - Allen Ginsberg on George Herbert's Love - allenginsberg.org/2017/05/monday…
@iamherbertpoems - Allen Ginsberg on George Herbert's "Misery" and "The Quiddity" - allenginsberg.org/2017/05/t-23/
Building on others' ideas for #NationalPoetryDay: 'The Altar' by local priest George Herbert @iamherbertpoems
Poets have wrong'd poor storms: such days are best; They purge the air without, within the breast. —@iamherbertpoems
"I cannot be perfect; it is hopeless; and He does not expect it."—It would be more honest if he said, "I do not want to be perfect: I am content to be saved." Such as he do not care for being perfect as their Father in heaven is perfect, but for being what they call 'saved'.
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