George Herbert
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George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost Brit
Portrait by Robert White, 1674 (National Portrait Gallery)
The Herbert niche, Salisbury Cathedral
Herbert's The Temple
St Andrew's Church in Bemerton, Wiltshire, where Herbert served as rector and in which he was buried
Metaphysical poets
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The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and by a grea
George Herbert
…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 the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised…
The poet Abraham Cowley, in whose biography Samuel Johnson first named and described Metaphysical poetry
The title page of Henry Vaughan's Silex Scintillans, 1650
"Europe supported by Africa and America", William Blake, 1796