Easter Wings

GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633)


1     Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
2         Though foolishly he lost the same,
3             Decaying more and more,
4                 Till he became
5                     Most poore:
6                     With thee
7                 O let me rise
8             As larks, harmoniously,
9         And sing this day thy victories:
10   Then shall the fall further the flight in me.

11   My tender age in sorrow did beginne
12       And still with sicknesses and shame.
13           Thou didst so punish sinne,
14               That I became
15                   Most thinne.
16                   With thee
17               Let me combine,
18           And feel thy victorie:
19           For, if I imp my wing on thine,
20   Affliction shall advance the flight in me.