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Poem by George Herbert


Easter Wings


Lord, Who createdst man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
Most poore:

With Thee
O let me rise,
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day Thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in me.

My tender age in sorrow did beginne;
And still with sicknesses and shame
Thou didst so punish sinne,
That I became
Most thinne.

With Thee
Let me combine,
And feel this day Thy victorie;
For, if I imp my wing on Thine,
Affliction shall advance the flight in me. 



George Herbert


George Herbert's other poems:
  1. The Temper
  2. The Search
  3. Joseph's Coat
  4. A Dialogue-Anthem
  5. Mortification


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