| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | Sin | | By George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | | LORD with what care hast Thou begirt us round! | |
| Parents first season us: then schoolmasters | |
| Deliver us to laws; they send us bound | |
| To rules of reason, holy messengers, | |
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| Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, | 5 |
| Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, | |
| Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, | |
| Bibles laid open, millions of surprises, | |
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| Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, | |
| The sound of glory ringing in our ears; | 10 |
| Without, our shame; within, our consciences; | |
| Angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. | |
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| Yet all these fences and their whole array | |
| One cunning bosom-sin blows quite away. | | | | |
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