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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... now God hath impaled us , on the contrary Man breaks the fence , and every ground will plough . O what were man , might he himself misplace ! Sure to be cross he would shift feet and face . LO 5 25 30 35 40 Drink not the third glass ,
... now God hath impaled us , on the contrary Man breaks the fence , and every ground will plough . O what were man , might he himself misplace ! Sure to be cross he would shift feet and face . LO 5 25 30 35 40 Drink not the third glass ,
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... sure to do it , though it be but small : Constancy knits the bones , and makes us stour , When wanton pleasures beckon us to thrall . Who breaks his own bond , forfeiteth himself : What nature made a ship , he makes a shelf . 21 Do all ...
... sure to do it , though it be but small : Constancy knits the bones , and makes us stour , When wanton pleasures beckon us to thrall . Who breaks his own bond , forfeiteth himself : What nature made a ship , he makes a shelf . 21 Do all ...
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... sure should wear a mask. 22 Look to thy mouth; diseases enter there. Thou hast two sconces, if thy stomach call; Carve, or discourse; do not a famine fear. Who carves, is kind to two; who talks, to all. Look on meat, think it dirt, then ...
... sure should wear a mask. 22 Look to thy mouth; diseases enter there. Thou hast two sconces, if thy stomach call; Carve, or discourse; do not a famine fear. Who carves, is kind to two; who talks, to all. Look on meat, think it dirt, then ...
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... sure traveller, Though he alight sometimes, still goeth on. Active and stirring spirits live alone. Write on the others, Here lies such a one. 58 Slight not the smallest loss, whether it be In love or honour: take account of all; Shine ...
... sure traveller, Though he alight sometimes, still goeth on. Active and stirring spirits live alone. Write on the others, Here lies such a one. 58 Slight not the smallest loss, whether it be In love or honour: take account of all; Shine ...
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FURTHER READING | |
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Sin | |
Modest and moderate joys are passing brave lines 24 where the contrast | |
Faith | |
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