Friday, January 3, 2003

Redemption Comments

Rating: ★3.0

Having been tenant long to a rich lord,
Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,
And make a suit unto him, to afford
A new small-rented lease, and cancel the old.
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George Herbert
birth Cities Gardens
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jon heatley 31 July 2020

gosh that last line is a slap in my complacent face. Powerful poem

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kitkat 17 August 2018

understated and deeply moving

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Joshua Adeyemi 16 April 2017

Hmmmm...embroided with imagery. Bewitching!

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George Herbert

George Herbert

Montgomery, Wales
George Herbert
George Herbert
Montgomery, Wales
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