Logos Virtual Library: George Herbert: The Temple: The Church: Affliction (2)

George Herbert

George Herbert (1593-1633)

The Temple

Affliction (2)

Kill me not ev’ry day,
Thou Lord of life; since thy one death for me

Is more then all my deaths can be,

Though I in broken pay
Die over each houre of Methusalems stay.

If all mens tears were let
Into one common sewer, sea, and brine;

What were they all, compar’d to thine?

Wherein if they were set,
They would discolour thy most bloudy sweat.

Thou art my grief alone,
Thou Lord conceal it not: and as thou art

All my delight, so all my smart:

Thy crosse took up in one,
By way of imprest, all my future mone.