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An edition of The complete English poems (1991)

The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics)

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Presents a selection of Herbert's Latin verse with English translation along with selections of his prose pieces.

George Herbert combined the intellectual and the spiritual, the humble and the divine, to create some of the most moving devotional poetry in the English language. His deceptively simple verse uses the ingenious arguments typical of seventeenth-century 'metaphysical' poets, and unusual imagery drawn from musical structures, the natural world and domestic activity to explore a mosaic of Biblical themes. From the wit and wordplay of 'The Pulley' and the formal experimentation of 'Easter Wings' and 'Paradise', to the intense, highly personal relationship between man and God portrayed in 'The Collar' and 'Redemption', the works collected here show the transcendental power of divine love.

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Penguin Classics
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Cover of: The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics)
The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics)
June 28, 2005, Penguin Classics
in English
Cover of: Complete English Poems
Complete English Poems
2004, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: The complete English poems
The complete English poems
2004, Penguin Books
in English and Latin
Cover of: Complete English Poems, The (Herbert, George) (Penguin Classics)
Complete English Poems, The (Herbert, George) (Penguin Classics)
July 7, 1992, Penguin Classics
in English
Cover of: The complete English poems
The complete English poems
1991, Penguin Books
in English and Latin
Cover of: The Complete English poems
The Complete English poems
1991, Penguin Books
in English

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