| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Church Music | | By George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | | SWEETEST of sweets, I thank you: when displeasure | |
| Did through my body wound my mind, | |
| You took me thence, and in your house of pleasure | |
| A dainty lodging me assign’d. | |
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| Now I in you without a body move, | 5 |
| Rising and falling with your wings; | |
| We both together sweetly live and love, | |
| Yet say sometimes, God help poor kings! | |
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| Comfort, I’ll die; for if you post from me | |
| Sure I shall do so and much more; | 10 |
| But if I travel in your company, | |
| You know the way to Heaven’s door. | | | | |
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