SACRED POEMS

AND

PRIVATE EJACULATIONS:

BY

GEORGE HERBERT.

"In His Temple doth every man speak of His honour."

A NEW EDITION.

Ps. xxix. 9.

Parker and Co.

OXFORD, AND 6 SOUTHAMPTON-STREET,

STRAND, LONDON.

1884.

14770.

EDNOVE

OXFO

ADVERTISEMENT.

THIS Edition is printed from, and in accordance with, the First Edition of "The Temple," which is supposed to have been issued in 1632; excepting that the modern method of spelling has been adopted. As regards punctuation, while the old method has been followed in the main, the redundance of commas has been somewhat reduced; and with respect to capital letters, while in the original copy in only some cases the pronouns referring to our Lord are printed with a capital, in this edition they are all so printed.

OXFORD,
Oct. 1, 1884.

The Dedication.

LORD, my first fruits present themselves to Thee;

Yet not mine neither: for from Thee they came,

And must return. Accept of them and me,
And make us strive who shall sing best Thy name.
Turn their eyes hither, who shall make a gain :
Theirs, who shall hurt themselves or me, refrain.