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The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics)
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 ...more
Paperback, 496 pages
Published
October 7th 2005
by Penguin Classics
(first published 1671)
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Read "The Temple," a selection out of this book. Wow. Even though his poetry is hundreds of years old, it would appeal to Christians today--very Evangelical. Teachings about the heart, directed to the heart and head.
Something like an epic poem of the Christian life. I have never read so many poems in one sitting before, and the sheer quantity of them was impressive.
Pretty darn good as far as poetry is concerned.
I love the shape poems, and the ecstatic devotion
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George Herbert was a Welsh poet, orator and priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education which led to his holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament. As a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, George Herbert excelled in languages and music. He went to college with the intention of becoming a priest, but his scholarship attra...more
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