Selection from 'The Temple'
George Herbert (1593-1633)
1. 01 – The Thanksgiving
2. 02 – The Agony
3. 03 – Good Friday
4. 04 – Redemption
5. 05 – The Church-Floor
6. 06 – The Windows
7. 07 – Constancy
8. 08 – Sunday
9. 09 – Denial
10. 10 – Sighs and Groans
11. 11 – The World
12. 12 – Obedience
13. 13 – Man’s Medley
14. 14 – The Twenty-third Psalm
15. 15 – Mary Magdalene
16. 16 – Aaron
17. 17 – The Elixir
18. 18 – A Wreath
19. 19 – Death
20. 20 – Love
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George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Throughout his life he wrote religious poems characterized by a precision of language, a metrical versatility, and an ingenious use of imagery or conceits that was favored by the metaphysical school of poets. He is best remembered as a writer of poems and hymns such as “Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life” and “The King of Love My Shepherd Is.”