| Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903. | | | | A Wreath | | By George Herbert (1593–1633) |
| | | A WREATHED garland of deservèd praise, | |
| Of praise deserved, unto Thee I give, | |
| I give to Thee who knowest all my ways, | |
| My crooked winding ways wherein I live, | |
| Wherein I die; not live; for life is straight, | 5 |
| Straight as a line, and ever tends to Thee, | |
| To Thee, who art more far above deceit | |
| Than deceit seems above simplicity. | |
| Give me simplicity that I may live, | |
| So live and like, that I may know Thy ways, | 10 |
| Know them and practise them: then shall I give, | |
| For this poor wreath give Thee, a crown of praise. | | | | |
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