483. Love by George Herbert
G Herbert read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n\n---------------------------------------\n\nLove\nby George Herbert (1593 \u2013 1632)\n\nLove bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,\n Guilty of dust and sin.\nBut quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack\n From my first entrance in,\nDrew nearer to me, sweetly questioning\n If I lack'd anything.\n'A guest,' I answer'd, 'worthy to be here:'\n Love said, 'You shall be he.'\n'I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear,\n I cannot look on Thee.'\nLove took my hand and smiling did reply,\n 'Who made the eyes but I?'\n\n'Truth, Lord; but I have marr'd them: let my shame\n Go where it doth deserve.'\n'And know you not,' says Love, 'Who bore the blame?'\n 'My dear, then I will serve.'\n'You must sit down,' says Love, 'and taste my meat.'\n So I did sit and eat.\n\n\nFirst aired: 9 April 2008\n\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\n\nReading \xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009