| Herbert J.C. Grierson, ed. (1886–1960). Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the 17th C. 1921. |
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| George Herbert |
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| 93. Aaron |
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| HOLINESSE on the head, | |
| Light and perfections on the breast, | |
| Harmonious bells below, raising the dead | |
| To leade them unto life and rest. | |
| Thus are true Aarons drest. | 5 |
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| Profanenesse in my head, | |
| Defects and darknesse in my breast, | |
| A noise of passions ringing me for dead | |
| Unto a place where is no rest. | |
| Poore priest thus am I drest. | 10 |
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| Onely another head | |
| I have, another heart and breast, | |
| Another musick, making live not dead, | |
| Without whom I could have no rest: | |
| In him I am well drest. | 15 |
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| Christ is my onely head, | |
| My alone onely heart and breast, | |
| My onely musick, striking me ev'n dead; | |
| That to the old man I may rest, | |
| And be in him new drest. | 20 |
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| So holy in my head, | |
| Perfect and light in my deare breast, | |
| My doctrine tun'd by Christ, (who is not dead, | |
| But lives in me while I do rest) | |
| Come people; Aaron 's drest. | 25 |
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