Poets' Meeting: George Herbert, R.S. Thomas, and the Argument with GodGeorge Herbert (1593-1633) and R.S. Thomas (1913-2000), each a major English poet and an Anglican priest, lived in very different times, one before the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and industrialization, and one following. Yet the two men and their poetry bear striking resemblances: Both loved nature and music, both were pacifists, and both struggled with the claims of faith, the nature of the spiritual life, and the recurrent silences of God. This book demonstrates that when their lives and poems are studied side by side, each man enhances our understanding of the other. The first essay deals with their sense of calling as priests and poets. The work then explores topics that relate to their roles as parish priests: ministry, the Bible, the Eucharist, and prayer. Several essays follow dealing with broader questions of the human condition: faith, sin, love, reason and science, and nature. The work concludes by considering their poems about Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter. |
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... sinne " of pride wore no mask . We know that Herbert labored over the sequencing of his poems and that there is a rhythm within the whole body of " The Church . ” For exam- ple , " The Sinner " immediately follows " The Agonie " and ...
... Sinne is flat opposite to th'Almightie , seeing It wants the good of vertue , and of being . But God more care of us hath had : If apparitions make us sad , By sight of sinne we should grow mad . Yet as in sleep we see foul death , and ...
... sinne : That when sinne spies so many foes , Thy whips , thy nails , thy wounds , thy woes , All come to lodge there , sinne may say , No room for me , and fly away . Sinne being gone , oh fill the place , And keep possession with thy ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
The Vocations of Priest and Poet | 13 |
Country Parsons | 36 |
Copyright | |
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Poets' Meeting: George Herbert, R.S. Thomas, and the Argument with God William J. McGill Limited preview - 2003 |