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Quotation from The Collar by George Herbert
“Have I no harvest but a thorn To let me bloud, and not restore What I have lost with cordiall fruit?”
The Collar, Lines 7-9 (The Temple, 1633 spelling)
His service seems to yield only pain; the thorn recalls Christ's crown, and the bloodletting and cordial echo the medicine of the day.
Citation: "Have I no harvest but a thorn To let me bloud, and not restore What I have lost with cordiall fruit?" — George Herbert, The Collar, Lines 7-9 (The Temple, 1633 spelling). (id the-collar-q3)
Portrait: George Herbert, Robert White, Public domain.
