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TO GOD (3) by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: DO WITH ME, GOD! AS THOU DIDST DEAL WITH JOHN
Last Line: MY SACKCLOTH HERE; BUT THERE MY STOLE OF WHITE.
Subject(s): BIBLE; JOHN THE BAPTIST, SAINT (1ST CENTURY); RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
Do with me, God! as Thou didst deal with John,
(Who writ that heavenly Revelation)
Let me (like him) first cracks of thunder heare;
Then let the Harps inchantments strike mine eare;
Here give me thornes; there, in thy Kingdome, set
Upon my head the golden coronet;
There give me day; but here my dreadfull night:
My sackcloth here; but there my Stole of white.



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