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The poem begins: “Love bade me welcome”. It is “Love” who invites, making it clear that this is what is most essentially true of God. Download Free PDFView PDF. For the Love of God - Comparative Religious Motivations for Giving - Christian Charity, Maimonidean Tzedakah and Lovingkindness. Love (III) by George Herbert. Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back,. Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack. Here God is seen as an inviting lover that explains the worthless of love. The poem has three stanzas with six lines each, arranged in longer and shorter lines. Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back, You must sit down, sayes Love, and taste my meat: So I did sit and eat. Taken from George Herbert: 100 Poems edited by Helen Wilcox (Cambridge University Press, George Herbert - 1593-1633. Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slackLecture 19: George Herbert's Art of Love. Herbert wrote almost exclusively what is called meditative or DEVOTIONAL poetry: making love to God. Love (3) by George Herbert. Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,. Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack.