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Thursday, July 28, 2016

THE ELIXIR: POEM (EXCERPT) --- GEORGE HERBERT#FORWARDED BY CYNTHIA ABEGAIL







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THE ELIXIR

By George Herbert

(Forwarded by Cynthia Abegail)

Teach me, my God and King,

In all things thee to see,

And what I do in anything,

Do it as for Thee ...

A man that looks on glass

On it may stay his eye

if he pleaseth, through it pass,

And then the heavens espy.

All may of thee partake,

Nothing can be so mean...

A servant with this clause

Makes grudgery divine;

Who sweeps a room as for thy laws,

Makes that and the action fine.

This is the famous stone

That turneth all to gold;

For that which God doth touch and own

Cannot for less be told.

BY

George Herbert (1593-1633)

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