...the common measure family are short measure, a3b3c4b3, and short hymnal stanza, a3b3a4b3: The Elixir Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see, And what 1 do in any thing, To do it as for thee: Not rudely, as a beast, To run into an action; But still to...

...hath ordained, and by us they are termed the laws of nature. George Berkeley, Third Dialogue (1713) 15 Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see. George Herbert, The Elixir ( 1 633) 16 O God within my breast, Almighty! ever-present Deity! Emily...

..."assassinations," and "small wars"—"Only man thinning out his kind/ sounds through the Sabbath noon." "Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see," George Herbert prayed in a poem which Lowell travesties with respectful seventeenth-century wit; 18...

...suburbs. You might use one-tenth of your land as a wild area. Grow local plants and flowers in it ALL WORK Teach Me, my God and King, in all things thee to see, and what I do in anything to do it as for thee. All may of thee partake; nothing can be so mean, which with this tincture, "For thy sake, " will not...

...has deep religious significance. The English poet George Herbert expressed this insight eloquently: Teach me. my God and King, In all things thee to see; And what I do in anything To do it as for thee. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and...

...The most humdrum house cleaning task is divinized if it is undertaken for the sake of our Creator: Teach me my God and King, In all things thee to see; And what to do in anything, To do it as for thee. All may of thee partake; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with...

...'Elixir' of the title is the eucharistic wine which enables this transformation to be made. SANDYS Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see; And what 1 do in anything To do it as for thee! A man that looks on glass. On it may stay his eye; Or if he...

...heart and dwelling and drive me out. Source: Note, ADD Mss 45844 ff81-82 Claydon 31 August 1892 Voice: Teach me, my God and King, in all things Thee to see (Thou who art Love and Wisdom and Power in all these tangles and difficulties) . And what I do in anything...

...high, His praise may thither fly: The earth is not too low, His praises there may grow. "Antiphon (I)" Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for thee. "The Elixir" Most of Herbert's poems were published a few months after his death in a collection entitled...

...'Elixir' of the title is the eucharistic wine which enables this transformation to be made. SANDYS Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see; And what I do in anything To do it as for thee! A man that looks on glass, On it may stay his eye; Or if he pleaseth, through it pass. And thc-n the...