George Herbert was a Metaphysical poet from the 1600s. He was a successful academic who then entered the priesthood. Two of Herbert's most well-known works include The Country Parson (1652) and The Temple (1703). 'The Collar' and 'Love' are some of Herbert's most important poems.
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George Herbert ; Poet; priest; theologian; orator · Trinity College, Cambridge · Metaphysical poetry · The Temple; The Country Parson; Jacula Prudentum ...
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Herbert wrote poetry from an early age. After he died, a collection of over 160 of his poems was published, and given the title 'The Temple'. It is impossible ...
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Herbert is known as a poet of devotional verse. His poems focus on religious experience. Some of his most well-known poems are "The Altar" and "Easter Wings"— ...
While there, he preached, wrote poetry, and helped rebuild the church out of his own funds. Herbert's practical manual to country parsons, A Priest to the ...
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Herbert also wrote historical works, including The Expedition to the Isle of Rhé (Latin 1656; Eng. trans., 1860) and The Life and Raigne of King Henry the ...
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Though the Latin poems of Musae Responsoriae, Lucus, and Passio Discerpta are relatively early works in Herbert's canon and represent a distinctive stage in the ...
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George Herbert Poems · A Dialogue · A Dialogue-Anthem · A Wreath · Aaron · Affliction · Artillery · Bitter-Sweet · Church Monuments ...
One of the most valuable services Drury provides in his biography is to reference Herbert's A Priest to the Temple or, The Country Parson, His Character, and ...
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Some of Herbert's poems have endured as hymns, including "King of Glory, King of Peace" (Praise), "Let All the World in Every Corner Sing" (Antiphon) and "Teach ...
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