483. Love 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\\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"