318. Discipline by George Herbert
b"G Herbert read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nDiscipline\\nby George Herbert (1593 \\u2013 1632)\\n\\nThrow away Thy rod,\\nThrow away Thy wrath;\\n O my God,\\nTake the gentle path!\\nFor my heart's desire\\nUnto Thine is bent:\\n I aspire\\nTo a full consent.\\n\\nNot a word or look\\nI affect to own,\\n But by book,\\nAnd Thy Book alone.\\n\\nThough I fail, I weep;\\nThough I halt in pace,\\n Yet I creep\\nTo the throne of grace.\\n\\nThen let wrath remove;\\nLove will do the deed;\\n For with love\\nStony hearts will bleed.\\n\\nLove is swift of foot;\\nLove 's a man of war,\\n And can shoot,\\nAnd can hit from far.\\n\\nWho can 'scape his bow?\\nThat which wrought on Thee,\\n Brought Thee low,\\nNeeds must work on me.\\n\\nThrow away Thy rod;\\nThough man frailties hath,\\n Thou art God:\\nThrow away Thy wrath!\\n\\nFirst aired: 12 August 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"