The Temple
Author(s): George Herbert
Genre(s): Single Author
Narrators: Alan Mapstone, KevinS, Larry Wilson, Theresa E Kao, Weadee, Paula Messina, Nighthawks, J. McClanahan, BeccaVO, James Campbell Martin, Bruce Kachuk, Lee Vogler, Suzanne Carol, Angela Ortiz, Czandra, De Anna Lee, Mleigh, Matt Flowitt, MuscaDomestica, Mark Stansbury, Joanna Michal Hoyt, Kris M, Sheridan Alistair, Beeswaxcandle, Noreen, Pattymarie
Number of Chapters: 163
Length: 05 hours and 21 minutes
Language: English
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, published in 1633, contains all his surviving English poems. All of Herbert's poems are on religious themes and are characterised by directness of expression which, in the Metaphysical manner, is functional rather than visual.
Herbert was for a time Public Orator at the University of Cambridge but later became a rural Parish Minister. Though he was always esteemed for his oratory, the poetic skill with which he expressed his thoughts had to wait many years to be fully appreciated.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone and Wikipedia)