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George Herbert - Jordan 

Who says that fictions only and false hair
Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?
Is all good structure in a winding stair?
May no lines pass, except they do their duty
Not to a true, but painted chair?

Is it no verse, except enchanted groves
And sudden arbours shadow coarse-spun lines?
Must purling streams refresh a lover's loves?
Must all be veiled, while he that reads divines,
Catching the sense at two removes?

Shepherds are honest people: let them sing:
Riddle who list, for me, and pull for prime:
I envy no man's nightingale or spring;
Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme,
Who plainly say, My God, My King.

Added: on March 23rd, 2006 at 3:19 PM | Viewed: 1304 times | Comments (1)


Jordan - Comments and Information

Poet: George Herbert
Poem: Jordan

Comment 1 of 1, added on March 23rd, 2006 at 3:19 PM.

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Kiki from United States

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Added on March 23rd, 2006 at 3:19 PM.


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