The Complete English PoemsPenguin UK, 7. okt 2004 - 512 pages George Herbert combined the intellectual and the spiritual, the humble and the divine, to create some of the most moving devotional poetry in the English language. His deceptively simple verse uses the ingenious arguments typical of seventeenth-century 'metaphysical' poets, and unusual imagery drawn from musical structures, the natural world and domestic activity to explore a mosaic of Biblical themes. From the wit and wordplay of 'The Pulley' and the formal experimentation of 'Easter Wings' and 'Paradise', to the intense, highly personal relationship between man and God portrayed in 'The Collar' and 'Redemption', the works collected here show the transcendental power of divine love. |
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... Master , in whose service I have now found perfect freedom ' speak to the religious , moral and psychological tribulations and joys of such devout and devoted readers . Second , there are the readers who once shared the faith of Herbert ...
... Master , in whose service I have now found perfect freedom ' speak to the religious , moral and psychological tribulations and joys of such devout and devoted readers . Second , there are the readers who once shared the faith of Herbert ...
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... master of subtle rhythms , elegant antitheses and clever rhymes , assonances and alliteration . He is a supremely musical poet , yet one who can also depict discrete narrative and even dramatic scenes . Nevertheless beyond this quite ...
... master of subtle rhythms , elegant antitheses and clever rhymes , assonances and alliteration . He is a supremely musical poet , yet one who can also depict discrete narrative and even dramatic scenes . Nevertheless beyond this quite ...
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... Master . Next God , he loved that which God himself has magnified above all things , that is , his Word : so as he has been heard to make solemn protestation , that he would not part with one leaf thereof for the whole world , if it ...
... Master . Next God , he loved that which God himself has magnified above all things , that is , his Word : so as he has been heard to make solemn protestation , that he would not part with one leaf thereof for the whole world , if it ...
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... Master-gunner, spend not all That thou canst speak, at once; but husband it, And give men turns of speech: do not forestall By lavishness thine own, and others' wit, As if thou mad'st thy will. A civil guest Will no more talk all, than ...
... Master-gunner, spend not all That thou canst speak, at once; but husband it, And give men turns of speech: do not forestall By lavishness thine own, and others' wit, As if thou mad'st thy will. A civil guest Will no more talk all, than ...
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... Master: his condition, Though it be ill, makes him no ill Physician. 75 None shall in hell such bitter pangs endure, As those, who mock at God's way of salvation. Whom oil and balsams kill, what salve can cure? They drink with ...
... Master: his condition, Though it be ill, makes him no ill Physician. 75 None shall in hell such bitter pangs endure, As those, who mock at God's way of salvation. Whom oil and balsams kill, what salve can cure? They drink with ...
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FURTHER READING | |
EasterWings | |
Sin | |
Modest and moderate joys are passing brave lines 24 where the contrast | |
Faith | |
The Holy Communion | |
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Affliction altar Angels Bemerton better blessing body breast catechising Cestum Chapter charity Christ Christian Church comfort Communion Corinthians country parson dear death discourse divine Donne Donne's doth earth especially eucharistic ev'n eyes Father fear Ferrar flesh George Herbert give glory God's grace grief hand hath heart heaven High Ercall holy honour Hutchinson Jesus John John Donne judgement King Lancelot Andrewes Little Gidding live Lord Luke Mary Magdalene Master Matthew mercy Nicholas Ferrar occasion parish poem poetry poor praise pray prayers priest Psalm Scripture sermon servants sins Song of Solomon Sonnet soul spirit St Paul Sunday sweet tears Temple thee thine things thou art thou didst thou dost thou hast thou shalt thought Title Trinity Sunday Twenty-third Psalm unto verse virtue Walton Westminster School Wherefore Woodnoth words