[태그:] The Altar

In this poem, “The Altar,” the speaker offers an altar made from their own heart and tears to God. The speaker desires to praise God, wishing for their heart to be cleansed through the blood of Christ obtained from the sacrifice. A heart that is broken and washed clean is in the perfect state of readiness for the sacrifice of praise, allowing it to be offered to God as a holy and living sacrifice.

 

 

George Herbert  “The Altar”

 

                                                              The Altar

                            George Herbert

 

A broken A L T A R, Lord, thy servant reares,

Made of a heart, and cemented with tears:

Whose parts are as thy hand did frame;

No workmans tool hath touch’d the same.

A H E A R T alone

Is such a stone ,

As nothing but

Thy pow’r doth cut.

Wherefore each part

Of my hard heart

Meets in this frame,

To praise thy Name:

That if I chance to hold my peace,

These stones to praise thee may not cease.

O, let thy blessed S A C R I F I C E be mine,

And sanctifie this A L T A R to be thine.

— George Herbert  “The Altar” —

 

 

 

 

 

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