| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | The Bird | | By George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | | THE BIRD that sees a dainty bower | |
| Made in the tree, where she was wont to sit, | |
| Wonders and sings, but not His power | |
| Who made the arbour; this exceeds her wit | |
| But man doth know | 5 |
| The spring, whence all things flow. | |
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| And yet, as though he knew it not, | |
| His knowledge winks, and lets his humours reign; | |
| They make his life a constant blot, | |
| And all the blood of God to run in vain. | 10 |
| Ah, wretch! what verse | |
| Can thy strange ways rehearse? | | | | |
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