George Herbert
From The Temple
Read by Kirsten Ferreri
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
Read by David Barnes
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
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
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
Read by Alan Mapstone
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…