Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
If I lacked any thing.
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation
Herbert, George. "Love (III)." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, I. 1.
Current Citation
Herbert, George. "Love (3)." The Temple. Penguin Classics, 2018, I. 1.