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But I health, not physick choose:
Onely though I you oppose,
Say that fairly I refuse,
For my answer is a rose.
Onely though I you oppose,
Say that fairly I refuse,
For my answer is a rose.
¶ Discipline.
Throw away thy rod,
Throw away thy wrath:
O my God,
Take the gentle path.
Throw away thy wrath:
O my God,
Take the gentle path.
For my hearts desire
Unto thine is bent:
I aspire
To a full consent.
Unto thine is bent:
I aspire
To a full consent.
Not a word or look
I affect to own,
But by book,
And thy book alone.
I affect to own,
But by book,
And thy book alone.
Though I fail, I weep:
Though I halt in pace,
Yet I creep
To the throne of grace.
Though I halt in pace,
Yet I creep
To the throne of grace.
Then let wrath remove;
Love will do the deed:
For with love
Stonie hearts will bleed.
Love will do the deed:
For with love
Stonie hearts will bleed.
Love is swift of foot;
Love's a man of warre,
And can shoot,
And can hit from farre.
Love's a man of warre,
And can shoot,
And can hit from farre.
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