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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TEMPER (2), by GEORGE HERBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It cannot be. Where is that mightie joy Last Line: But keep a standing majestie in me. | |||
IT cannot be. Where is that mightie joy, Which just now took up all my heart? Lord! if thou must needs use thy dart, Save that, and me; or sin for both destroy. The grosser world stands to thy word and art; But thy diviner world of grace Thou suddenly dost raise and race, And every day a new Creatour art. O fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence: For when thou dost depart from hence, They grow unruly, and sit in thy bowers. Scatter, or binde them all to bend to thee: Though elements change, and heaven move; Let not thy higher court remove, But keep a standing majestie in me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TRUE HYMN [HYMNE] by GEORGE HERBERT CHURCH MONUMENTS by GEORGE HERBERT CHURCH-MUSICK [CHURCH MUSIC] by GEORGE HERBERT |
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