Bitter-Sweet

Portrait of George Herbert
George Herbert 1593–1633

Ah, my dear angry Lord, Since thou dost love, yet strike; Cast down, yet help afford; Sure I will do the like.

I will complain, yet praise; I will bewail, approve; And all my sour-sweet days I will lament and love.

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