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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... doth pollute and foul Whom God in Baptism washed with his own blood . It blots thy lesson written in thy soul ; 10 The holy lines cannot be understood . 15 How dare those eyes upon a Bible look , Much less towards God , whose lust is ...
... doth pollute and foul Whom God in Baptism washed with his own blood . It blots thy lesson written in thy soul ; 10 The holy lines cannot be understood . 15 How dare those eyes upon a Bible look , Much less towards God , whose lust is ...
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... doth devest All worldly right , save what he hath by beast . 7 Shall I , to please another's wine - sprung mind , Lose all mine own ? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of his can , and body ; must I find A pain in that , wherein he ...
... doth devest All worldly right , save what he hath by beast . 7 Shall I , to please another's wine - sprung mind , Lose all mine own ? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of his can , and body ; must I find A pain in that , wherein he ...
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... doth not so, but man? Houses are built by rule, and common-wealths. Entice the trusty sun, if that you can, From his Ecliptic line: beckon the sky. Who lives by rule then, keeps good company. 24 Who keeps no guard upon himself, is slack ...
... doth not so, but man? Houses are built by rule, and common-wealths. Entice the trusty sun, if that you can, From his Ecliptic line: beckon the sky. Who lives by rule then, keeps good company. 24 Who keeps no guard upon himself, is slack ...
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... And are like empty vessels under sail. Old courtiers know this; therefore set out so, As all the day thou mayst hold out to go. 32 In clothes, cheap handsomeness doth bear the bell. 190 195 200 Wisdom's a trimmer thing, than shop e'er.
... And are like empty vessels under sail. Old courtiers know this; therefore set out so, As all the day thou mayst hold out to go. 32 In clothes, cheap handsomeness doth bear the bell. 190 195 200 Wisdom's a trimmer thing, than shop e'er.
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... doth take Nothing from thine : in service , care or coldness Doth rateably thy fortunes mar or make . Feed no man in his sins : for adulation Doth make thee parcel - devil in damnation . 44 Envy not greatness : for thou mak'st thereby ...
... doth take Nothing from thine : in service , care or coldness Doth rateably thy fortunes mar or make . Feed no man in his sins : for adulation Doth make thee parcel - devil in damnation . 44 Envy not greatness : for thou mak'st thereby ...
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Modest and moderate joys are passing brave lines 24 where the contrast | |
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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