The Temple (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Herbert
- First Published: 1633
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, Metaphysics, Joy or sorrow, Easter
Critical Evaluation:
Sir Richard Herbert, an aristocrat of Norman descent, died when his son George was three years old. His ten children were reared by their mother, who is known to have been a wise, witty, generous, and religious woman. John Donne said: “Her house was a court in the conversation of the best.” Too frail for the family profession of soldiering, George Herbert was early guided toward the priesthood by his mother. He was not ordained until 1630, but Magdalen Herbert seems to have influenced the course of his life as much as Donne influenced his poetry. The...
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