The English Poems of George Herbert"This fully annotated edition of the complete English poems of George Herbert provides the text of the reliable first edition of The Temple (1633). Appended are six poems not included in The Temple, three versions of The Elixir to show Herbert's approach to revision, and several secular poems which he intentionally parodied. The edition begins with an outline of the poet's life and ends with a comprehensive twenty-five page bibliography"-- Jacket |
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... poet must set a ' just price ' on his qualities . III On the face of it , Herbert's foremost quality is certainly his plain- ness , even his simplicity . But simplicity as such cannot account for Herbert's influence immediately on ...
... poet must set a ' just price ' on his qualities . III On the face of it , Herbert's foremost quality is certainly his plain- ness , even his simplicity . But simplicity as such cannot account for Herbert's influence immediately on ...
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... poet - ' a better Poet than Virgil ' , as Donne proclaimed with assurance.5 The parables also exerted a strong influence on Herbert , not least because they are , like his poetry , ' the natural expression of a mind that sees truth in ...
... poet - ' a better Poet than Virgil ' , as Donne proclaimed with assurance.5 The parables also exerted a strong influence on Herbert , not least because they are , like his poetry , ' the natural expression of a mind that sees truth in ...
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... poet . As George Puttenham ( ? ) wrote at the outset of The Arte of English Poesie ( 1589 ) , A poet is as much to say as a maker . And our English name well conformes with the Greeke word , for of лoιεĭv , to make , they call a maker ...
... poet . As George Puttenham ( ? ) wrote at the outset of The Arte of English Poesie ( 1589 ) , A poet is as much to say as a maker . And our English name well conformes with the Greeke word , for of лoιεĭv , to make , they call a maker ...
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Affliction Biblical blessed bloud brave breast Christ Church crie dayes deare death delight divine Donne doth Dr Williams's Library dust earth Echo Emblem Books English Eucharist ev'n ev'ry eyes fear flesh flie flowers George Herbert give glorie grace grief grone hand hath heart heav'n Herbert's poetry holy honour John Donne joyes King Lancelot Andrewes light Little Gidding live look Lord Metaphysical Poets minde musical Nicholas Ferrar night Paradise Paradise Lost peace pleasure poems poet poore Prayer Priest Psalm rest runne Saviour Sermons show thy sigh sing sinne skie sonne sonnet sorrow soul starres stay stone sunne sure sweet sweetnesse tears Temple thee thine things thou art thou didst thou dost thou hast thou shalt thought thy love thy praise Trinitie Sunday unto verse vertue wayes Wherefore wilt winde words ΙΟ
References to this book
Form Miming Meaning: Iconicity in Language and Literature Max Nänny,Olga Fischer Limited preview - 1999 |
Back to Nature: The Green and the Real in the Late Renaissance Robert N. Watson,Robert Watson No preview available - 2007 |