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Herbert- a Given

Joy's spiritual Joy is here,and now eternal- He will show you how Inspired by John 15:11 Note: This quatrain form is labelled after and inspired by a verse from George Herbert(1593- 1633) poem 'Discipline.'It has the rhyme scheme abab in 5/5/3/5 syllables.Here is that verse by George Love is swift of foot Love's a man of war and can shoot And can hit from a far

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/30/2010 5:54:00 PM

Interesting form...Keep the faith pen flowing..I will have to try this one...Sara

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 5/30/2010 5:36:00 PM

enjoyed reading today, thanks for sharing!!

Carrie Richards

Date: 5/30/2010 4:46:00 PM

Beautiful Brian! I will have to give this form a try...however, will never do one as well as this that I have just read! Thank you for sharing! Love, Carrie

Katherine Stella

Date: 5/30/2010 10:04:00 AM

must be a new way to write it like the shorter version and George must of been in love himself to write something this intreging thanks for sharing brian thiught you were doing a acrostic of this oops either way outstanding as always keep on shining

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 5/30/2010 8:40:00 AM

Inspirational and poignant words today Brian and goes well with the thoughts of your blog on this poet.. always so interesting .. a learning experience ..luv.. from the "Sweetheart"

Constance La France

Date: 5/30/2010 7:07:00 AM

I think this is visually, beautiful, and I have rated it a seven. I want to try something similiar. Constance.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 5/30/2010 7:03:00 AM

Hey, I really like this type of quatrain, Brain. Indeed, only "He" can show us how to find eternal joy. Well done! Best wishes, Carolyn