George Herbert (1593-1633) was, I think, the greatest lyric poet English has ever had. He gave up a life of ease and pleasure at court to become an Anglican priest in a poor country parish, where he often had to walk many miles to visit his parishioners when they needed him. In our Poem of the Week, a short poem, he asks an obvious question. God’s word …
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