The Complete English PoemsGeorge 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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... Ferrar ; of which Mr Duncon satisfied him ; and after some discourse of Mr Ferrar's holy life and the manner of his constant serving God , he said to Mr Duncon , ' Sir , I see by your habit that you are a priest , and I desire you to ...
... Ferrar ; of which Mr Duncon satisfied him ; and after some discourse of Mr Ferrar's holy life and the manner of his constant serving God , he said to Mr Duncon , ' Sir , I see by your habit that you are a priest , and I desire you to ...
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... Ferrar maintained till his death , which was in the year 1639 . Mr Ferrar's and Mr Herbert's devout lives were both so noted that the general report of their sanctity gave them occasion to renew that slight acquaintance which was begun ...
... Ferrar maintained till his death , which was in the year 1639 . Mr Ferrar's and Mr Herbert's devout lives were both so noted that the general report of their sanctity gave them occasion to renew that slight acquaintance which was begun ...
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... Ferrar ; and the reader may note that in this retirement John Valdesso writ his Hundred and Ten Considera- tions and many other treatises of worth , which want a second Mr Ferrar to procure and translate them . After this account of Mr ...
... Ferrar ; and the reader may note that in this retirement John Valdesso writ his Hundred and Ten Considera- tions and many other treatises of worth , which want a second Mr Ferrar to procure and translate them . After this account of Mr ...
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