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" Of what is fit and not; forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which petty thoughts have made, and made to thee Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. "
The temple, sacred poems and private ejaculations. [With] The synagogue - Page 151
by George Herbert - 1709
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Songs of the Soul, Gathered Out of Many Lands and Ages

American poetry - 1874 - 686 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures. Leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit ; and not forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which petty thoughts have made, and made to thee Good cable to enforce and draw, And be thy law, Whilst thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Away...
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The English Poets: Selections, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 524 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures ; leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit and not ; forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands Which petty thoughts have made ; and made to thee Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Away...
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The English Poets: Ben Jonson to Dryden

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 528 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures ; leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit and not ; forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands Which petty thoughts have made ; and made to thce Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Away...
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The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green

John Armstrong (Physician & Poet.) - 1880 - 692 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures : leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit, and not: forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which petty thoughts have made, and made to thee Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Away...
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The Works of George Herbert in Prose and Verse: Edited from the Latest ...

George Herbert - Literature - 1881 - 604 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures ; leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit and not ; forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which petty thoughts have made, and made to thee Good cable, to enforce' and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Awake,...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 2

Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures ; leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit and not ; forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands Which petty thoughts have made ; and made to thee Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Away...
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Christopher

Helen Shipton - 1882 - 402 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures. Leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit, and not ; forsake thy cage. Thy rope of sands, Which petty thoughts have made, and made to thee, Good cable to enforce and draw." GEORGE HERBERT. JHEN once an existing arrangement has been questioned,...
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The Temple and Other English Poems

George Herbert - 1883 - 262 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures : leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit, and not : forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which petty thoughts have made, and made to thee Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not sec. Away...
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The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

George Herbert - 1884 - 272 pages
...all thy sigh-blown age On double pleasures : leave thy cold dispute Of what is fit, and not forsake thy cage, Thy rope of sands, Which petty thoughts...cable, to enforce and draw, And be thy law, While thou didst wink and wouldst not see. Away ; take heed : I will abroad. Call in thy death's-head there :...
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The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Being a Facsimile Reprint ...

George Herbert - 1885 - 228 pages
...crown it? No flowers, no garlands gay? all blafted? All wafted? Notfo,my heart: but there is fruit, And thou haft hands. Recover all thy figh-blown age...what is fit, and not forfake thy cage, Thy rope of fands, Which pettie thoughts have made, and made to thee • Good cable, to enforce and draw, And be...
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