1. Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?
The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert
2. I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love.
The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert
3. Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire,
The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert