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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George Herbert. The Dedication Lord , my first fruits present themselves to thee ; Yet not mine neither : for from thee they came , And must return . Accept of them and me , And make us strive , who shall sing best thy name . Turn their ...
George Herbert. The Dedication Lord , my first fruits present themselves to thee ; Yet not mine neither : for from thee they came , And must return . Accept of them and me , And make us strive , who shall sing best thy name . Turn their ...
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... thee for a treasure ; Harken unto a Verser , who may chance Rhyme thee to good , and make a bait of pleasure . A verse may find him , who a sermon flies , And turn delight into a sacrifice . 2 Beware of lust : it doth pollute and foul ...
... thee for a treasure ; Harken unto a Verser , who may chance Rhyme thee to good , and make a bait of pleasure . A verse may find him , who a sermon flies , And turn delight into a sacrifice . 2 Beware of lust : it doth pollute and foul ...
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... thee ; but before Mayst rule it , as thou list ; and pour the shame , Which it would pour on thee , upon the floor . It is most just to throw that on the ground , Which would throw me there , if I keep the round . 6 He that is drunken ...
... thee ; but before Mayst rule it , as thou list ; and pour the shame , Which it would pour on thee , upon the floor . It is most just to throw that on the ground , Which would throw me there , if I keep the round . 6 He that is drunken ...
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... thee not , let thine . 18 Some great estates provide , but do not breed A mast'ring mind ; so both are lost thereby : Or else they breed them tender , make them need All that they leave : this is flat poverty . For he , that needs five ...
... thee not , let thine . 18 Some great estates provide , but do not breed A mast'ring mind ; so both are lost thereby : Or else they breed them tender , make them need All that they leave : this is flat poverty . For he , that needs five ...
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... thee call; Before thy journey fairly part with all. 28 Yet in thy thriving still misdoubt some evil; Lest gaining gain on thee, and make thee dim To all things else. Wealth is the conjurer's devil; Whom when he thinks he hath, the devil ...
... thee call; Before thy journey fairly part with all. 28 Yet in thy thriving still misdoubt some evil; Lest gaining gain on thee, and make thee dim To all things else. Wealth is the conjurer's devil; Whom when he thinks he hath, the devil ...
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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