George Herbert
George Herbert1593–163316th century George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. He enrolled intending to become a priest, but became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He sat in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.
Poems
85 poems- 16 ALICE FREEMAN PALMER37 lines
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- About Google Book Search6 lines
- ADVERTISEMENT.5 lines
- And down his ancient body sank9 lines
- And give his ancient hand away4 lines
- And License sits upon Freedom's chair--6 lines
- And my heart was heavy loaded with a sorrow which22 lines
- And shaking was his withered hand5 lines
- And sheep was paddocked everywhere--5 lines
- And something indistinct he said11 lines
- And still more distinctly in the next : —53 lines
- And the most enchanting visions come9 lines
- And work it was a cussed thing9 lines
- And you are strong and young and glad again.4 lines
- As streaks of faintish light began5 lines
- Away with such hollow pretences!17 lines
- Be armed with a centipede's sting!8 lines
- Beware of lust ; it doth pollute and foul28 lines
- But economical he was5 lines
- But I'd barter ten years of existence11 lines
- But nothing in my ancient friend5 lines
- BY THE BEV. BOBEBT ABIS WILLMOTT.21 lines
- CHILDHOOD M20 lines
- Church Music12 lines
- CONTENTS.10 lines
- De Auctorum Enume-10 lines
- Denial 895 lines
- Easter18 lines
- Easter Song12 lines
- Easter Wings20 lines
- Epiorammata Apolo-9 lines
- Faith44 lines
- For all her life was giving. Rather this4 lines
- Giddiness 1494 lines
- H. Baptism14 lines
- H. Baptism II15 lines
- He said he'd "busted up his cheque"9 lines
- His answer wasn't quite distinct--5 lines
- His swag and "billy"a lay among17 lines
- HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY6 lines
- How face my infuriate father--5 lines
- How long and weary stretch the miles away4 lines
- How many happy ones will greet you there5 lines
- In Obitum Serenis. Re-4 lines
- Inventa Bellica5 lines
- It seemed a very certain thing13 lines
- Justice 1686 lines
- Ke* ^'j'i.o29 lines
- Life18 lines
- MEMOIB OF HERBERT. XXXIU14 lines
- MEMOIR OF HERBERT.4 lines
- Miscellaneous Poems —7 lines
- My watch--such a fine English lever!--9 lines
- Nature18 lines
- Of squatters worth that little word5 lines
- Or when I've eaten too much duff6 lines
- Pabentalia —6 lines
- Partitio Anti - Tami-21 lines
- Peace42 lines
- PEBIBRH ANTERIUM .6 lines
- Praise 1894 lines
- Prayer14 lines
- Sin's Round19 lines
- Sonnet (I)14 lines
- That its worn and threadbare lining33 lines
- THE ANCIENT SHEPHERD13 lines
- The Church —9 lines
- The Collar369 lines
- THE DEDICATION.6 lines
- The Flower49 lines
- The Forerunners36 lines
- The knotted cordage of his brow5 lines
- The pistol belonged to my brother--16 lines
- The Son 20311 lines
- The Thanksgiving50 lines
- Thou wee can'st remember the morning5 lines
- To be the sort of thing at all7 lines
- Where shepherds might be blythe and gay7 lines
- While on my head in agony12 lines
- Whom poets vision near the central throne4 lines
- With Additional Illustrations by Montagu Scott.4 lines
- Without for a moment suspecting25 lines
- Ye sons of the Man on the Barrel5 lines