![]() ![]() ![]() IMmortall Heat, O let thy greater flame Attract the lesser to it: Let those fires, Which shall consume the world, first make it tame And kindle in our hearts such true desires, As may consume our lusts, and make thee way. ![]() Wit fancies beautie, beautie raiseth wit: The world is theirs they two play out the game, Thou standing by: and though thy glorious name Wrought our deliverance from th infernall pit, Who sings thy praise? onely a skarf or glove Doth warm our hands, and make them write of love. IMmortall Love, authour of this great frame, Sprung from that beautie which can never fade How hath man parceld out thy glorious name, And thrown it on that dust which thou hast make, While mortall love doth all the title gain! Which siding with invention, they together Bear all the sway, possessing heart and brain, (Thy workmanship) and give thee share in neither. George Herbert: Love I, Love II (1633) from The Temple (1633), by George Herbert: ![]()
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