To Her face

Edward Herbert 1582 (Eyton-on-Severn) – 1648 (London)



Fatal Aspect ! that hast an Influence
    More powerful far than those Immortal Fires
That but incline the Will and move the Sense,
    Which thou alone contrain'st, kindling Desires
    Of such an holy force, as more inspires
The Soul with Knowledge, than Experience
    Or Revelation can do with all
Their borrow'd helps : Sacred Astonishment
    Sits on thy Brow, threatning a sudden fall
To all those Thoughts that are not lowly sent,
In wonder and amaze, dazling that Eye
    Which on those Mysteries doth rudely gaze,
Vow'd only unto Love's Divinity:
    Sure Adam sinn'd not in that spotless Face.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABCBDAEFEGHIJK
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 640
Words 99
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Edward Herbert

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (or Chirbury) KB was an Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher of the Kingdom of England. more…

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