# Quote — George Herbert, The Temple

> My tender age in sorrow did begin:
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> And still with sicknesses and shame
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> Thou didst so punish sin,
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> That I became
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> Most thin.
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> With thee
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> Let me combine,
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> And feel this day thy victory:
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> For, If I imp my wing on thine,
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> Affliction shall advance the flight in me

- Author: [George Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert.md)
- Book: [The Temple](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple.md)
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## More from this book

> Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart
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> Could have recovered greenness?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/who-would-have.md)

> Whereas if the heart be moved,
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> Although the verse be somewhat scant,
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> God doth supply the want.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/whereas-if-the.md)

> Thy rope of sands,
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> Which petty thoughts have made, and made to thee
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> Good cable, to enforce and draw,
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> And be thy law,
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> While thou didst wink and wouldst not see.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-herbert/the-temple/thy-rope-of-sands.md)