In Bemerton Church
THIS aisle George Herbert paced, and in this choir
With fervent music charged his pen,
And quaintly wrought his lines of pleading fire
Excusing unto God the ways of men.
With fervent music charged his pen,
And quaintly wrought his lines of pleading fire
Excusing unto God the ways of men.
Yea, up this grassy path, and through this porch,
With tenuous form and aspect sad,
He led the wanton English Muse to church,
The lovely pagan Muse, “ well-drest and clad.”
With tenuous form and aspect sad,
He led the wanton English Muse to church,
The lovely pagan Muse, “ well-drest and clad.”