Love (Iii) Comments
Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack,
From my first entrance in,
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Introduced by a friend, retired English master, the second line confused me, why 'Dust', I wondered but he suggested it might refer to that which sticks to us through life and experience.
Genesis 2: 7 tells how God created man from the dust of the earth and Herbert would have believed in the doctrine of original sin - that all bear the burden of Adam's transgression and are sinful by nature. Love (Christ) both changes and redeems if one is willing to sit and eat.
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7/31/2025 7:22:45 PM # 1.0.0
Thank you Curmudgeon, good response with which I agree.