George Herbert

From The Temple

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George Herbert



George Herbert was a country minister and a protégé of the great metaphysical poet John Donne. In From The Temple, Herbert com…

Selection from The Temple

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George Herbert



George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Throughout his life he wrote religious poems character…

The Country Parson: His Character and Rule of Life

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George Herbert



George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest. In The Country Parson he describes the roles of the priest and offers practice advic…

Selected Poems

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George Herbert



These poems, from Herbert’s book The Temple, show the evolution of a soul’s relationship with God. Sudden reversals of mood are common, for …

The Pulley

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George Herbert



LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of The Pulley by George Herbert. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of Ju…

The Temple

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George Herbert



George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…

The Church Militant (The Temple Part 3) and Other Poems

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George Herbert



George Herbert was an English poet, orator and cleric who was Public Orator at the University of Cambridge before becoming a rural Parish Mi…