He was never a healthy man and died of consumption at age 39. Henry Vaughan called him “ a most glorious saint and seer“. Then as the passion and promise pick up the lines get longer again. As Herbert describes the fall the lines get shorter and shorter. Describes Adams foolishness in eating the apple. He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioners, bringing the sacraments to them when they were ill and providing food and clothing for those in need. Easter Wings Explores the topic of the fall of man. He gave up his secular ambitions in his mid-thirties and took holy orders in the Church of England, spending the rest of his life as the rector of the rural parish of Fugglestone St Peter, just outside Salisbury. He served in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.Īfter the death of King James, Herbert renewed his interest in ordination. He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University’s Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognized as “ one of the foremost British devotional lyricists.” He was born into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England.
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