Clasping of Hands

George Herbert 1593 (Montgomery) – 1633 (Bemerton)



LORD, Thou art mine, and I am Thine,  
If mine I am; and Thine much more  
Then I or ought or can be mine.  
Yet to be Thine doth me restore,  
So that again I now am mine,          
And with advantage mine the more,  
Since this being mine brings with it Thine,  
And Thou with me dost Thee restore:  
 If I without Thee would be mine,  
 I neither should be mine nor Thine.         
 
Lord, I am Thine, and Thou art mine;  
So mine Thou art, that something more  
I may presume Thee mine then Thine,  
For Thou didst suffer to restore  
Not Thee, but me, and to be mine:         
And with advantage mine the more,  
Since Thou in death wast none of Thine,  
Yet then as mine didst me restore:  
 O, be mine still; still make me Thine;  
 Or rather make no Thine and Mine.   

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ababaBabaa ababaBabaa
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 763
Words 147
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 10

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