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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
H. BAPTISME (2), by GEORGE HERBERT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since, lord, to thee Last Line: Childhood is health. Variant Title(s): Holy Baptisme;holy Baptism (2) Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology | |||
SINCE, Lord, to thee A narrow way and little gate Is all the passage, on my infancie Thou didst lay hold, and antedate My faith in me. O let me still Write thee great God, and me a childe: Let me be soft and supple to thy will, Small to myself, to others milde, Behither ill. Although by stealth My flesh get on; yet let her sister My soul bid nothing, but preserve her wealth: The growth of flesh is but a blister; Childhood is health. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A DIALOGUE ANTHEM by GEORGE HERBERT |
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