x

metaphysical poets

Fifteen Eighty Four

Menu

Tag Archives: metaphysical poets

Number of articles per page:

  • 20 May 2016
    Helen Wilcox

    A poem a day by George Herbert: ‘Love (III)’

    To celebrate the publication of George Herbert: 100 Poems, we ask volume editor Helen Wilcox to pick her favourite George Herbert poems and explain why she chose them.

    Read More
  • 19 May 2016
    Helen Wilcox

    A poem a day by George Herbert: ‘The Flower’

    The Flower This joyful poem is a celebration of God’s ‘returns’ – or rather, the speaker’s rediscovery of God’s presence after a period of spiritual barrenness. The tone is one of amazement at how simple and natural this recovery is: ‘Grief melts away / Like snow in May, / As if there were no such […]

    Read More
  • 18 May 2016
    Helen Wilcox

    George Herbert – A poem a day: ‘The Collar’

    To celebrate the publication of George Herbert: 100 Poems, we ask volume editor Helen Wilcox to pick her favourite George Herbert poems and explain why she chose them.

    Read More
  • 17 May 2016
    Helen Wilcox

    A poem a day by George Herbert: ‘Vertue’

    Vertue This short poem is one of the most perfect lyrics in the English language. In pure and exquisitely simple phrases, it suggests the perfection of the created world – the new day, the bright rose, the fresh spring – yet also reminds us of the inevitably transitory nature of life. All the ‘sweet’ things […]

    Read More
  • 16 May 2016
    Helen Wilcox

    A poem a day by George Herbert: ‘Prayer (I)’

    To celebrate the publication of George Herbert: 100 Poems, we ask volume editor Helen Wilcox to pick her favourite George Herbert poems and explain why she chose them.

    Read More

Number of articles per page: