| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 21. Clasping of Hands |
| By George Herbert (1593–1633) |
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| LORD, Thou art mine, and I am Thine, | |
| If mine I am; and Thine much more | |
| Then I or ought or can be mine. | |
| Yet to be Thine doth me restore, | |
| So that again I now am mine, | 5 |
| And with advantage mine the more, | |
| Since this being mine brings with it Thine, | |
| And Thou with me dost Thee restore: | |
| If I without Thee would be mine, | |
| I neither should be mine nor Thine. | 10 |
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| Lord, I am Thine, and Thou art mine; | |
| So mine Thou art, that something more | |
| I may presume Thee mine then Thine, | |
| For Thou didst suffer to restore | |
| Not Thee, but me, and to be mine: | 15 |
| And with advantage mine the more, | |
| Since Thou in death wast none of Thine, | |
| Yet then as mine didst me restore: | |
| O, be mine still; still make me Thine; | |
| Or rather make no Thine and Mine. | 20 |
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