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Up, and away, Thy Saviour’s gone before, Why dost thou stay, Dull soul? Behold the door Is open, and His precepts bid thee rise, Whose power hath vanquished all thine enemies. In vain thou say’st Thou art buried with thy Saviour, If thou delay’st To show by thy behaviour, That thou art risen with Him. Till thou shine Like Him, how canst thou say His light is thine. Open thine eyes Sin-seized soul, and see What cobweb ties They are that trammel thee; Not profit, pleasure, honours, as thou thinkest, But loss, pain, shame, at which thou vainly winkest. All that is good Thy Saviour dearly bought With His heart’s blood, And it must then be sought, Where he keeps residence, who rose this day; Linger no longer then, up and away.
Up, and away, Thy Saviour’s gone before, Why dost thou stay, Dull soul? Behold the door Is open, and His precepts bid thee rise, Whose power hath vanquished all thine enemies. In vain thou say’st Thou art buried with thy Saviour, If thou delay’st To show by thy behaviour, That thou art risen with Him. Till thou shine Like Him, how canst thou say His light is thine. Open thine eyes Sin-seized soul, and see What cobweb ties They are that trammel thee; Not profit, pleasure, honours, as thou thinkest, But loss, pain, shame, at which thou vainly winkest. All that is good Thy Saviour dearly bought With His heart’s blood, And it must then be sought, Where he keeps residence, who rose this day; Linger no longer then, up and away.
Approximate author period: c. 1612 AD · renaissance
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- George Herbert
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- Approximate author period: c. 1612 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 497 · printed citation: George Herbert · subject: RESURRECTION—RISING
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