Complete Works of George Herbert

Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest George Herbert is one the most famous and popular of the metaphysical poets. The Poetry Foundation has described him as "e;a pivotal figure: enormously popular, deeply and broadly influential, and arguably the most skillful and important British devotional lyricist."e; All of Herbert's surviving poems are religious in nature, characterized by their directness of expression and many of which employ an intricate rhyme scheme. Included in this volume is a complete collection of his poetry and prose writings including the following works: "e;The Temple,"e; "e;The Church Militant,"e; "e;Jacula Prudentium,"e; "e;A Priest to the Temple,"e; "e;Letters of George Herbert,"e; "e;The Oration of Master George Herbert,"e; "e;Preface and Notes to the Divine Considerations of John Valdesso,"e; "e;Notes to the Divine Considerations,"e; and "e;A Treatise of Temperance and Sobriety."e;