summary of the poem virtue by George herbert


Virtue
virtue 


VIRTUE 
BY -
GEORGE HERBERT 

Sweet day, so cool so calm so bright,
The bridal of the earth and skie:
The dew shall weep thy fall to night;
For thou must die.

Sweet rose, whose hue angrie and brave 
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye:
Thy root is ever in its grave,
And thou must die. 

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses,
A box where sweets compacted lie;
My musick shows ye have your closes,
And all must die. 

Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
Like season'd timber, never gives;
But though the whole world turn to coal,
Then chiefly lives. 

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