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George Herbert’s “Prayer I”

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Malcolm Farley

PRAYER (I) PRAYER the Churches’ banquet, Angels’ age, God’s breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage, The Christian plummet sounding heav’n and earth; Engine against th’ Almightie, sinner’s towre, Reversed thunder, Christ-side-piercing spear, … Continue reading →

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