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.
by
George Herbert (1593–1633)
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