Sinne is that presse and vice, which forceth pain To hunt his cruell food through ev’ry vein.
Tag: George Herbert
Who would know Sin, let him repair
Unto Mount Olivet; there shall he see
A man, so wrung with pains, that all his hair,
His skin, his garments, bloody be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1uIDecStzw THE AGONY Philosophers have measured mountains, Fathom’d the depths of seas, of states, and kings, Walk’d with a staff to heaven, and traced fountains But there are two vast, spacious things, The which to measure it doth more behove: Yet few there are that sound them; Sin and Love. Who would know … Continue reading MAUNDY THURSDAY: Hymn of the Bridegroom and Herbert’s The Agony
Nothing really to do with deacons. Just because he's one of my favourites. You can listen to the poem too if you click on the heading. George Herbert Gentle exemplar, help us in our trials, With all that passed between you and your Lord, That intimate exchange of frowns and smiles Which chronicled your love-match … Continue reading GEORGE HERBERT, priest and poet
Peter Brueghel the Younger, Census at Bethlehem Christmas (I) George Herbert After all pleasures as I rid one day, My horse and I, both tir’d, bodie and minde, With full crie of affections, quite astray, I took up in the next inne I could finde, There when I came, whom found I but my deare, My … Continue reading FURNISH AND DECK MY SOUL
CofE Network of Distinctive Deacons 