“My Life Is Hid”

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

Colossians 3:3

Our life is hid with Christ in God.

MY words and thoughts do both express this notion,
That LIFE hath with the sun a double motion.
The first IS straight, and our diurnal friend:
The other HID, and doth obliquely bend.
One life is wrapt IN flesh, and tends to earth;
The other winds t’wards HIM whose happy birth
Taught me to live here so THAT still one eye
Should aim and shoot at that which IS on high -
Quitting with daily labour all MY pleasure,
To gain at harvest an eternal TREASURE.

- George Herbert

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I’m an eighteen year old high school senior who can describe myself in six words: redeemed sinner, compulsive reader, avid writer.
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3 Responses to “My Life Is Hid”

  1. Lady Amy says:
    January 13, 2013 at 6:27 am

    Beautiful. You’ve just persuaded me to go steal my sister’s book of George Herbert poems. Did I say steal? I meant borrow of course…

    Reply
  2. allie1995 says:
    January 13, 2013 at 11:23 am

    I love this! It is really beautiful! Thanks for sharing :)

    Reply
  3. pclint21 says:
    January 15, 2013 at 9:14 pm

    Not a big poetry guy, but I enjoy Herbert. Thanks.

    Reply

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