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99 - Heaven

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

Helen Wilcox
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Bangor University
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O who will show me those delights on high?

Echo.I.

Thou Echo, thou art mortall, all men know.

Echo.No.

Wert thou not born among the trees and leaves?

Echo.Leaves.

And are there any leaves, that still abide?

Echo.Bide.

What leaves are they? impart the matter wholly.

Echo.Holy.

Are holy leaves the Echo then of blisse?

Echo.Yes.

Then tell me, what is that supreme delight?

Echo.Light.

Light to the minde: what shall the will enjoy?

Echo.Joy.

But are there cares and businesse with the pleasure?

Echo.Leisure.

Light, joy, and leisure; but shall they persever?

Echo.Ever.

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Print publication year: 2016

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  • Heaven
  • George Herbert
  • Edited by Helen Wilcox, Bangor University
  • Book: George Herbert: 100 Poems
  • Online publication: 05 May 2016
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316584910.100
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  • George Herbert
  • Edited by Helen Wilcox, Bangor University
  • Book: George Herbert: 100 Poems
  • Online publication: 05 May 2016
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  • Heaven
  • George Herbert
  • Edited by Helen Wilcox, Bangor University
  • Book: George Herbert: 100 Poems
  • Online publication: 05 May 2016
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316584910.100
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