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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... dear ' , affected Gerard Manley Hopkins in his most famous poem , " The Windhover ' , and refers primarily to the apple eaten by Adam , bittersweet because it led to the Fall of man but also to the sweet gift of the Incarnation . There ...
... dear ' , affected Gerard Manley Hopkins in his most famous poem , " The Windhover ' , and refers primarily to the apple eaten by Adam , bittersweet because it led to the Fall of man but also to the sweet gift of the Incarnation . There ...
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... dear. The curious unthrift makes his cloth too wide, And spares himself, but would his tailor chide. 31 Spend not on hopes. They that by pleading clothes Do fortunes seek, when worth and service fail, Would have their tale believed for ...
... dear. The curious unthrift makes his cloth too wide, And spares himself, but would his tailor chide. 31 Spend not on hopes. They that by pleading clothes Do fortunes seek, when worth and service fail, Would have their tale believed for ...
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... dear a rate, Learn this, that hath old gamesters dearly cost: Dost lose? rise up: dost win? rise in that state. Who strive to sit out losing hands, are lost. Game is a civil gunpowder, in peace Blowing up houses with their whole ...
... dear a rate, Learn this, that hath old gamesters dearly cost: Dost lose? rise up: dost win? rise in that state. Who strive to sit out losing hands, are lost. Game is a civil gunpowder, in peace Blowing up houses with their whole ...
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... dear . Many , affecting wit beyond their power , Have got to be a dear fool for an hour . 42 A sad wise valour is the brave complexion , That leads the van , and swallows up the cities . The giggler is a milk - maid , whom infection ...
... dear . Many , affecting wit beyond their power , Have got to be a dear fool for an hour . 42 A sad wise valour is the brave complexion , That leads the van , and swallows up the cities . The giggler is a milk - maid , whom infection ...
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... dear treasure Drops blood ( the only beads ) my words to measure : O let this cup pass , if it be thy pleasure : Was ever grief like mine ? These drops being tempered with a sinner's tears , A Balsam are for both the Hemispheres ...
... dear treasure Drops blood ( the only beads ) my words to measure : O let this cup pass , if it be thy pleasure : Was ever grief like mine ? These drops being tempered with a sinner's tears , A Balsam are for both the Hemispheres ...
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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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