The Pearl of Great Price
A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
The Pearl of Great Price
Sep 19 George Herbert metaphysical poet
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Tim Byron
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Season 9
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Episode 19
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George Herbert - a gifted orator at Cambridge University and then the court of James I. left all that behind to be ordained in the Church of England and work in a rural parish. He poetry published posthumously became very popular in a divided age and he represented the middle ground