Antiphon II
Chor.
Praised
be
the
God
of
love,
Men.
Here
below,
Angels.
And
here
above:
Chor.
Who
hath
dealt
his
mercies
so,
Ang.
To
his
friend.
Men.
And
to
his
foe;
Chor.
That
both
grace
and
glorie
tend
Ang.
Us
of
old,
Men.
And
us
in
th'
end.
Chor.
The
great
Shepherd
of
the
fold
Ang.
Us
did
make,
Men.
For
us
was
sold.
Chor.
He
our
foes
in
pieces
brake:
Ang.
Him
we
touch;
Men.
And
him
we
take.
Chor.
Wherefore
since
that
he
is
such,
Ang.
We
adore,
Men.
And
we
do
crouch.
Chor.
Lord,
thy
praises
should
be
more.
Men.
We
have
none,
Ang.
And
we
no
store.
Chor.
Praised
be
the
God
alone
Who
hath
made
of
two
folds
one.
George Herbert
George Herbert, (born April 3, 1593, Montgomery Castle, Wales—died March 1, 1633, Bemerton, Wiltshire, Eng.), English religious poet, a major metaphysical poet, notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words. A younger brother of Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, a notable secular metaphysical poet, George in 1610 sent his mother for New Year’s two sonnets on the theme that the love of God is a fitter subject for verse than the love of woman, a foreshadowing of his poetic and vocational bent.