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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Dedication and Printers' Introduction
04:49 - Chapter 2
The Church-porch
23:57 - Chapter 3
Superliminare
00:41 - Chapter 4
The Altar
00:55 - Chapter 5
The Sacrifice
12:16 - Chapter 6
The Thanksgiving
02:42 - Chapter 7
The Reprisal
01:02 - Chapter 8
The Agony
01:20 - Chapter 9
The Sinner
01:02 - Chapter 10
Good Friday
01:35 - Chapter 11
Redemption
01:02 - Chapter 12
Sepulchre
01:22 - Chapter 13
Easter
01:37 - Chapter 14
Easter Wings
00:55 - Chapter 15
Holy Baptism (1)
01:03 - Chapter 16
Holy Baptism (2)
00:53 - Chapter 17
Nature
00:56 - Chapter 18
Sin (1)
01:03 - Chapter 19
Affliction (1)
03:11 - Chapter 20
Repentance
01:42 - Chapter 21
Longing
02:21 - Chapter 22
Prayer (1)
01:14 - Chapter 23
The Holy Communion
01:43 - Chapter 24
Antiphon (1)
00:48 - Chapter 25
Love I
01:00 - Chapter 26
Love II
00:59 - Chapter 27
The Temper (1)
01:25 - Chapter 28
The Temper (2)
00:59 - Chapter 29
Jordan (1)
00:57 - Chapter 30
Employment (1)
01:08 - Chapter 31
The Holy Scriptures
01:40 - Chapter 32
Whitsunday
01:32 - Chapter 33
Love (3)
01:15 - Chapter 34
Judgement
01:16 - Chapter 35
Heaven
00:51