| Music at Midnight (George Herbert) |
| Author | Post |
|---|
Paul Ferguson
Member
| Joined: | Fri Feb 15th, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 1538 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Thu Aug 15th, 2013 04:12 pm |
|
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/15/music-midnight-herbert-drury-review
"Giving equal weight to the man and his work, this is the perfect introduction to a parson-poet who has fallen out of fashion."
GH often used alchemical symbolism in his poetry, e.g. the Elixir:
TEACH me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for Thee.
Not rudely, as a beast,
To run into action ;
But still to make Thee prepossest,
And give it his perfection.
A man that looks on glass,
On it may stay his eye,
Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass,
And then the heav'n espy.
All may of Thee partake ;
Nothing can be so mean
Which with his* tincture (for Thy sake)
Will not grow bright and clean.
A servant with this clause
Makes drudgery divine :
Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws,
Makes that and th' action fine.
This is the famous stone
That turneth all to gold ;
For that which God doth touch and own
Cannot for less be told.
|
Current time is 09:42 am | |
|
|
|
Powered by
WowBB 1.7 - Copyright © 2003-2006 Aycan Gulez
