On George Herbert's Poems Poem by James Thomson

On George Herbert's Poems



WHAT are these leaves dark-spotted and acerb?
'A very holy herb.'
To what good use may I this herb convert?
'Press it on thy soul's hurt.'
When herb unto the hurt I thus apply?
'Herb-ert is sanctity.'

James Thomson
Sunday, May 6, 2012
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