From The Temple

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Poetry, *Non-fiction, Religion

Authors: George Herbert In Year : 1633

Book Language: English

Audiobook: From The Temple

Dedication and Printers' Introduction
The Church-porch
Superliminare
The Altar
The Sacrifice
The Thanksgiving
The Reprisal
The Agony
The Sinner
Good Friday
Redemption
Sepulchre
Easter
Easter Wings
Holy Baptism (1)
Holy Baptism (2)
Nature
Sin (1)
Affliction (1)
Repentance
Longing
Prayer (1)
The Holy Communion
Antiphon (1)
Love I
Love II
The Temper (1)
The Temper (2)
Jordan (1)
Employment (1)
The Holy Scriptures
Whitsunday
Love (3)
Judgement
Heaven

George Herbert was a country minister and a protégé of the great metaphysical poet John Donne. In From The Temple, Herbert combines these two aspects of his training in one of the greatest cycles of religious poetry ever written. The soloist reads us a selection from this work. (Summary by Caeristhiona)