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A wonderful edition of Herbert''s poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul.

George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love. This volume, edited by John Drury, collects Herbert''s complete poetry - including such classics of English devotional poetry as ''The Altar'', Easter-Wings'' and ''Love''. It also includes the verse Herbert wrote in Latin, newly translated into English by Victoria Moul.

George Herbert was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time ''lost himself in a humble way'', devoting himself to the restoration of a church and then

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 02/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9780141392042, 978-0141392042
      ISBN10: 0141392045
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A wonderful edition of Herbert''s poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse by Victoria Moul.

      George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love. This volume, edited by John Drury, collects Herbert''s complete poetry - including such classics of English devotional poetry as ''The Altar'', Easter-Wings'' and ''Love''. It also includes the verse Herbert wrote in Latin, newly translated into English by Victoria Moul.

      George Herbert was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time ''lost himself in a humble way'', devoting himself to the restoration of a church and then

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