Category Archives: Poetry and Novels

Seizure in Retaliation

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Fourteen: Friday after the Third Sunday of Advent My apologies for not getting this out yesterday! Thursday was a busy day, and by the time I turned my mind to completing this post, I … Continue reading →

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The Fool in The Temple

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Thirteen: Wednesday after the Third Sunday of Advent In today’s poem we return to the near beginning of The Temple with The Thanksgiving. This is only the sixth poem in the whole work. The … Continue reading →

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George Herbert, Intertextualist

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Twelve: Tuesday after the Third Sunday of Advent The H. Scriptures II Oh that I knew how all thy lights combine,             And the configurations of their glory!             Seeing not only how each verse doth … Continue reading →

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George Herbert’s ‘Naive Melody’

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Eleven: Monday after the Third Sunday of Advent The H. Scriptures I Oh Book! infinite sweetness! let my heart    Suck ev’ry letter, and a honey gain,    Precious for any grief in any part;To clear … Continue reading →

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Poetic Yoga

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Ten: Friday after the Second Sunday of Advent Please forgive me for not posting yesterday. I was busy in the Senate House at the University of London being formally admitted to the degree of … Continue reading →

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The Well-Tempered Poet

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Nine: Wednesday after the Second Sunday of Advent In The Temple this poem follows immediately after Love (1) and Love (2), and like the two previous ones, this also has a partner with the … Continue reading →

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George Herbert’s Second Sonnet on Love

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Eight: Tuesday after the Second Sunday of Advent Love (II) Immortal Heat, O let thy greater flameAttract the lesser to it; let those firesWhich shall consume the world first make it tame,And kindle in … Continue reading →

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Herbert’s Sonnet “Love (1)”

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Seven: Monday after the Second Sunday of Advent Love (I) Immortal Love, author of this great frame,Sprung from that beauty which can never fade,How hath man parcel’d out thy glorious name,And thrown it on … Continue reading →

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Herbert’s Anthropology: A Celebration of the Human Being

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Six: Saturday after the First Sunday of Advent Man My God, I heard this dayThat none doth build a stately habitationBut he that means to dwell therein.What house more stately hath there been,Or can … Continue reading →

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Four Last Things: “Heaven”

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

An Advent Retreat with George HerbertDay Five: Friday after the First Sunday of Advent Heaven O who will show me those delights on high?                            Echo.     … Continue reading →

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