George Herbert - Virtue - poem

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Virtue
by George Herbert
read by Glyn Houston

George Herbert (April 3, 1593 -- March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education which led on to him holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament. As a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, George Herbert excelled in languages and music. He went to college with the intention of becoming a priest, but his scholarship attracted the attention of King James I. Herbert served in parliament for two years. After the death of King James and at the urging of a friend, Herbert's interest in ordained ministry was renewed. In 1630, in his late thirties he gave up his secular ambitions and took holy orders in the Church of England, spending the rest of his life as a rector of the little parish of St. Andrew Bemerton, near Salisbury


SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright!
The bridal of the earth and sky—
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die.
Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave
Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye,
Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses,
A box where sweets compacted lie,
My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
Like season'd timber, never gives;
But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.

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[writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, JustAudio2008.

[AdventConsular]

One of the greatest Christian poets ever to grace this holy creation!

[elephanta2]

This is my most favorite poem in English.

[MAX34911]

exellent,poem by George Herbert,made all the better , by the wonderful voice of Glyn Houston !

[cityhall4all]

Me too!

[DresdenAnachronism]

Wow, great poem! A new favorite of mine! I just discovered George Herbert!