My words and thoughts do both express this notion,
That life hath with the sun a double motion.
The first is straight, and our diurnal friend;
The other hid and doth obliquely bend.
One life is wrapt in flesh, and tends to earth;
The other winds t’wards him whose happy birth
Taught me to live here so that still one eye
Should aim and shoot at that which is on high –
Quitting with daily labour all my pleasure,
To gain at harvest an eternal treasure.
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George Herbert (1593-1633) ‘Colossians 3:3’
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My words and thoughts do both express this notion,
That life hath with the sun a double motion.
The first is straight, and our diurnal friend;
The other hid and doth obliquely bend.
One life is wrapt in flesh, and tends to earth;
The other winds t’wards him whose happy birth
Taught me to live here so that still one eye
Should aim and shoot at that which is on high –
Quitting with daily labour all my pleasure,
To gain at harvest an eternal treasure.
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