The Poetical Works of Edward Taylor (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Taylor
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Religion, Poetry or poets, New England, God, Eighteenth century, Christianity, Jesus Christ, Calvinism, Puritans or Puritanism
Critical Evaluation:
Lord, let thy Glorious Body send such
rayes
Into my Soule, as ravish shall my
heart,
That Thoughts how thy Bright Glory
out shall blaze
Upon my body, may such Rayes thee
dart.
My Tunes shall dance then on these
Rayes, and Caper
Unto thy Praise: when Glory lights
my Taper.
—Meditation Seventy-Six, Second
Series.
Edward Taylor, an orthodox Puritan minister, was New England Puritanism’s sweetest singer...
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