Monthly Archives: November 2022

Resurrection: Another Advent with Herbert

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

Today’s poem, like yesterday’s, is a two-parter, and there is a well-documented evolution of it in the two manuscripts known to scholars as “W” and “B”. The changes are well described well by Drury (pp. 142-143) who likes this poem … Continue reading →

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Start with his Death: Another Advent with Herbert

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

George Herbert (1593-1633) was a Welsh-born English poet, the younger son of a wealthy family that owned much land. As a younger son he had minimal expectation of inheriting any of it so long as his elder brother Richard lived … Continue reading →

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Another Advent with Herbert: The Poems So Far

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

In Lent 2019 and Advent 2021 I blogged on poems from the Rev’d George Herbert (1593-1633). I did this primarily as my own seasonal discipline, a devotion which might be of interest to others. As it turns out, some of … Continue reading →

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