“His Wish to God”
In “His Wish to God” Robert Herrick aspires to expend his last days revering God. Robert Herrick appeals for a living grave with “Thy cross, my Christ, fix'd 'fore mine eyes should be,/Not to adore that, but to worship Thee./So here the remnant of my days I'd spend,/Reading Thy bible, and my book; so end.” These lines portray the speaker as a Christian who forestalls his termination. His favorite way of spending the last days hint that he is not agitated by the impending end of his life. The enthusiasm to worship God even when death is imminent suggests that the speaker is persuaded about a supreme life after his bereavement.
“Neutrality Loathsome”
“Neutrality Loathsome” depicts God’s repugnance towards unpredictability: “ God will have all, or none; serve Him, or fall/Down before Baal, Bel, or Belial:/Either be hot, or cold: God doth despise,/Abhorre, and spew out all Neutralities.” God anticipates all his followers to be unreservedly devoted to him. God distastes neutrality because it is emblematical irresolute faith. Being wholly devoted to God fuels a relationship that will not dwindle away depending on the conditions. Therefore, Christians should be steady in whatever side they opt for, but they cannot be non-aligned if they are ardent to impress God.
