George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of ...

Nestled in the age of Shakespeare and Milton is the literary stalwart George Herbert, poet and Church of England clergyman.

George Herbert was an English religious poet, a major metaphysical poet, notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words.

George Herbert (1593-1633) was a Welsh-born English poet and orator. Herbert's poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets.

George Herbert was born on April 3, 1593, the fifth son of an eminent Welsh family. His mother, Magdalen Newport, held great patronage to distinguished ...

Mar 3, 2021 · A letter at the University of Cambridge written in 1620 by George Herbert, a well-known English devotional poet and friend of John Donne.

Feb 26, 2024 · George Herbert, perhaps the greatest devotional poet in the English language, was also a faithful pastor to a small country church.

George Herbert was born the third day of April, in the year of our redemption 1593. But the priest-poet had few readers until three centuries after that date.

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George Herbert (1593–1633) is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet in the English language. His volume of poems, The Temple, ...

Jan 12, 2013 · In his life, ministry, and poetry, George Herbert wrestled with the tension between worldly ambition and godly ambition.