A Choice of George Herbert's Verse

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Faber & Faber, 1967 - Poetry - 95 pages

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Contents

Introduction
7
Whitsunday
30
The Starre
36
Copyright

3 other sections not shown

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Anglicanism beast beautie Bemerton bloud canst Christian Church creatures crie dayes dead deare death delight doth drest dwell earth Echo Elizabethan Settlement ev'n ev'ry corner sing ev❜n eyes fain farre feast fire flesh flie flowers fruit George Herbert giv'n give glorie grief grone grow hand hath heart heav'n herbs holy Holy Orders hymne John Donne joyes King leave light live look Lord lute minde Montgomery Castle musick never once Peace pleasure poet poetry Pomander poore posie Prayer R. S. THOMAS rest ring rose sayes shame shine show thy sigh sinne skie Sonne soul starres stay sunne Sweet day sweetly sweetnesse tears thine things thou art thou didst thou dost thou hast thou shalt answer thou wilt thoughts Throw away thy thy grace thy love thy praise tun'd Unto vertue Walton wayes Wherefore winde words world in ev'ry world turn wrath

About the author (1967)

George Herbert, remembered as one of the greatest of the Metaphysical poets, was born on April 3, 1593 in Montgomery, Wales. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge. Herbert was a Fellow of Trinity, a public orator, the canon of Lincoln Cathedral and a rector in Bemerton. Herbert died on March 1, 1633. On his deathbed, he gave a manuscript of verses called The Temple to his friend, Nicolas Ferrar. Although Herbert wanted the manuscript burned, Ferrar had it published. The poems contained in the manuscript exalt God, but Herbert believed he was committing a sin of pride by creating an artistic work.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Choice of George Herbert's Verse
Faber paper covered editions
Faber paperbacks
AuthorGeorge Herbert
EditorRonald Stuart Thomas
ContributorRonald Stuart Thomas
Editionreprint
PublisherFaber & Faber, 1967
ISBN0571081894, 9780571081899
Length95 pages
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