Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By George Herbert (15931633)A Wreath
A WREATHED garland of deservèd praise, | |
Of praise deserved, unto Thee I give, | |
I give to Thee who knowest all my ways, | |
My crooked winding ways wherein I live, | |
Wherein I die; not live; for life is straight, | 5 |
Straight as a line, and ever tends to Thee, | |
To Thee, who art more far above deceit | |
Than deceit seems above simplicity. | |
Give me simplicity that I may live, | |
So live and like, that I may know Thy ways, | 10 |
Know them and practise them: then shall I give, | |
For this poor wreath give Thee, a crown of praise. | |