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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Page 1624
... better Herbert's flourishing the theme of inside / outside than ' Aaron ' . The artistry is especially impressive from the poem's opening stanza of definition as to what constitutes the true dress of Aaron , the archetypal priest of the ...
... better Herbert's flourishing the theme of inside / outside than ' Aaron ' . The artistry is especially impressive from the poem's opening stanza of definition as to what constitutes the true dress of Aaron , the archetypal priest of the ...
Page 1633
... better reflect the subtlety and complexity of Herbert's expression . Herbert made corrections in his own hand of poems in MSW . He died without seeing either MSB or 1633 . Scripture is cited from the Authorised Version of 1611 , the ...
... better reflect the subtlety and complexity of Herbert's expression . Herbert made corrections in his own hand of poems in MSW . He died without seeing either MSB or 1633 . Scripture is cited from the Authorised Version of 1611 , the ...
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... better , Is a good spur . Correct thy passions ' spite ; Then may the beasts draw thee to happy light . 45 265 270 275 280 When baseness is exalted , do not bate The place its honour , for the person's sake . The shrine is that which ...
... better , Is a good spur . Correct thy passions ' spite ; Then may the beasts draw thee to happy light . 45 265 270 275 280 When baseness is exalted , do not bate The place its honour , for the person's sake . The shrine is that which ...
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... better bargain , than to give Only thy single market - money for it . Join hands with God to make a man to live . Give to all something ; to a good poor man , Till thou change names , and be where he began . 64 380 Man is God's image ...
... better bargain , than to give Only thy single market - money for it . Join hands with God to make a man to live . Give to all something ; to a good poor man , Till thou change names , and be where he began . 64 380 Man is God's image ...
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... better , and perhaps may save thee . Thwart not th ' Almighty God : O be not cross . Fast when thou wilt ; but then ' tis gain , not loss . 67 Though private prayer be a brave design , Yet public hath more promises , more love : And ...
... better , and perhaps may save thee . Thwart not th ' Almighty God : O be not cross . Fast when thou wilt ; but then ' tis gain , not loss . 67 Though private prayer be a brave design , Yet public hath more promises , more love : And ...
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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