Selected Works
Published on 8. January 2020
361 pages
978-1-4209-7160-6 (ISBN)
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Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest George Herbert is one the most famous and popular of the metaphysical poets. Born in 1593 in Wales to a prominent and wealthy family, Herbert was educated at Westminster School as a child and later at Cambridge, where he earned a master's degree and became the university's Public Orator, a position he held for many years. Herbert was never a healthy person and he died at the age of 39 in 1633, a few short years after he left Cambridge and took holy orders in the Church of England. His poetry was published in the year of his death and became instantly popular and wide-read. All of Herbert's surviving poems are religious in nature, characterized by their directness of expression, intricate rhyme schemes, and the use of wordplay and puns. Included in this volume are the poems known collectively as "The Temple" as well as a selection of his prose works, most notably "The Country Parson".
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Content
- Intro
- MEMOIR OF GEORGE HERBERT
- THE POETRY OF GEORGE HERBERT
- I. THE TEMPLE.
- 1. THE CHURCH-PORCH.
- 2. SUPERLIMINARE.
- 3. THE ALTAR.
- 4. THE SACRIFICE.
- 5. THE THANKSGIVING.
- 6. THE REPRISALL.
- 7. THE AGONIE.
- 8. THE SINNER.
- 9. GOOD FRIDAY.
- 10. REDEMPTION.
- 11. SEPULCHRE.
- 12. EASTER.
- 13. EASTER-WINGS.
- 14. HOLY BAPTISME.
- 15. HOLY BAPTISME.
- 16. NATURE.
- 17. SINNE.
- 18. AFFLICTION.
- 19. REPENTANCE.
- 20. FAITH.
- 21. PRAYER.
- 22. THE HOLY COMMUNION.
- 23. ANTIPHON.
- 24. LOVE.
- 25. THE TEMPER.
- 26. THE TEMPER.
- 27. JORDAN.
- 28. EMPLOYMENT.
- 29. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.
- 30. WHITSUNDAY.
- 31. GRACE.
- 32. PRAISE.
- 33. AFFLICTION.
- 34. MATTENS.
- 35. SINNE.
- 36. EVEN-SONG.
- 37. CHURCH-MONUMENTS.
- 38. CHURCH-MUSICK.
- 39. CHURCH-LOCK AND KEY.
- 40. THE CHURCH-FLOORE.
- 41. THE WINDOWS.
- 42. TRINITIE SUNDAY.
- 43. CONTENT.
- 44. THE QULDDITIE.
- 45. HUMILITIE.
- 46. FRAILTIE.
- 47. CONSTANCES.
- 48. AFFLICTION.
- 49. THE STARRE.
- 50. SUNDAY.
- 51. AVARICE.
- 52. ANA-GRAM
- 53. TO ALL ANGELS AND SAINTS.
- 54. EMPLOYMENT.
- 55. DENIALL.
- 56. CHRISTMAS.
- 57. UNGRATEFULNESSE.
- 58. SIGHS AND GRONES.
- 59. THE WORLD.
- 60. COLOSS. iii. 3.
- 61. VANITIE.
- 62. LENT.
- 63. VERTUE.
- 64. THE PEARL.
- 65. AFFLICTION.
- 66. MAN.
- 67. ANTIPHON.
- 68. UNKINDNESSE.
- 69. LIFE.
- 70. SUBMISSION.
- 71. JUSTICE.
- 72. CHARMS AND KNOTS.
- 73. AFFLICTION.
- 74. MORTIFICATION.
- 75. DECAY.
- 76. MISERIE.
- 77. JORDAN.
- 78. PRAYER.
- 79. OBEDIENCE.
- 80. CONSCIENCE.
- 81. SION.
- 82. HOME.
- 83. THE BRITISH CHURCH.
- 84. THE QUIP.
- 85. VANITIE.
- 86. THE DAWNING.
- 87. JESU.
- 88. BUSINESSE.
- 89. DIALOGUE.
- 90. DULNESSE.
- 91. LOVE-JOY.
- 92. PROVIDENCE.
- 93. HOPE.
- 94. SINNE'S ROUND.
- 95. TIME.
- 96. GRATEFULNESSE.
- 97. PEACE.
- 98. CONFESSION.
- 99. GEDDINESSE.
- 100. THE BUNCH OF GRAPES.
- 101. LOVE UNKNOWN.
- 102. MAN'S MEDLEY.
- 103. THE STORM.
- 104. PARADISE.
- 105. THE METHOD.
- 106. DIVINITIE.
- 107. EPHES. iv. 30.
- 108. THE FAMILIE.
- 109. THE SIZE.
- 110. ARTILLERIE.
- 111. CHURCH-RENTS AND SCHISMES.
- 112. JUSTICE.
- 113. THE PILGRIMAGE.
- 114. THE HOLDFAST.
- 115. COMPLAINING.
- 116. THE DISCHARGE.
- 117. PRAISE.
- 118. AN OFFERING.
- 119. LONGING.
- 120. THE BAG.
- 121. THE JEWS.
- 122. THE COLLAR.
- 123. THE GLIMPSE.
- 124. ASSURANCE.
- 125. THE CALL.
- 126. CLASPING OF HANDS.
- 127. PRAISE.
- 128. JOSEPH'S COAT.
- 129. THE PULLEY.
- 130. THE PRIESTHOOD.
- 131. THE SEARCH.
- 132. GRIEF.
- 133. THE CROSSE.
- 134. THE FLOWER.
- 135. DOTAGE.
- 136. THE SONNE.
- 137. A TRUE HYMNE.
- 138. THE ANSWER.
- 139. A DIALOGUE-ANTHEM.
- 140. THE WATER-COURSE.
- 141. SELF-CONDEMNATION.
- 142. BITTER-SWEET.
- 143. THE GLANCE.
- 144. THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALME.
- 145. MARIE MAGDALENE.
- 146. AARON.
- 147. THE ODOUR.
- 148. THE FOIL.
- 149. THE FORERUNNERS.
- 150. THE ROSE.
- 151. DISCIPLINE.
- 152. THE INVITATION.
- 153. THE BANQUET.
- 154. THE POSIE.
- 155. A PARODIE.
- 156. THE ELIXER.
- 157. A WREATH.
- 158. DEATH.
- 159. DOOMS-DAY.
- 160. JUDGEMENT.
- 161. HEAVEN.
- 162. LOVE.
- II. THE CHURCH MILITANT.
- JACULA PRUDENTUM
- THE PROSE OF GEORGE HERBERT
- A PRIEST TO THE TEMPLE
- THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.
- CHAPTER I. OF A PASTOR.
- CHAPTER II. THEIR DIVERSITIES.
- CHAPTER III. THE PARSON'S LIFE.
- CHAPTER IV. THE PARSON'S KNOWLEDGE.
- CHAPTER V. THE PARSON'S ACCESSORY KNOWLEDGES.
- CHAPTER VI. THE PARSON PRAYING.
- CHAPTER VII. THE PARSON PREACHING.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE PARSON ON SUNDAYS.
- CHAPTER IX. THE PARSON'S STATE OF LIFE.
- CHAPTER X. THE PARSON IN HIS HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XI. THE PARSON'S COURTESY.
- CHAPTER XII. THE PARSON'S CHARITY.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE PARSON'S CHURCH.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE PARSON IN CIRCUIT.
- CHAPTER XV. THE PARSON COMFORTING.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE PARSON A FATHER.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE PARSON IN JOURNEY.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE PARSON IN SENTINEL.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE PARSON IN REFERENCE.
- CHAPTER XX. THE PARSON IN GOD'S STEAD.
- CHAPTER XXI. THE PARSON'S CATECHISING.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE PARSON IN SACRAMENTS.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE PARSON'S COMPLETENESS.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE PARSON'S ARGUING.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE PARSON PUNISHING.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE PARSON'S EYE.
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE PARSON IN MIRTH.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PARSON IN CONTEMPT.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE PARSON WITH HIS CHURCH WARDENS.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE PARSON'S CONSIDERATION OF PROVIDENCE.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE PARSON IN LIBERTY.
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE PARSON'S SURVEYS.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PARSON'S LIBRARY.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PARSON'S DEXTERITY IN APPLYING OF REMEDIES.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE PARSON'S CONDESCENDING.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PARSON BLESSING.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCERNING DETRACTION.
- THE AUTHOR'S PRAYER BEFORE SERMON.
- PRAYER AFTER SERMON.
- LETTERS OF GEORGE HERBERT
- THE ORATION OF MASTER GEORGE HERBERT
- PREFACE AND NOTES TO THE DIVINE CONSIDERATIONS OF JOHN VALDESSO
- NOTES TO THE DIVINE CONSIDERATIONS
- A TREATISE OF TEMPERANCE AND SOBRIETY
