tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post7269952152523743636..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: HerbertNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-90406034516515507572012-04-03T17:28:34.520+01:002012-04-03T17:28:34.520+01:00You know, the older one gets, the more Herbert see...You know, the older one gets, the more Herbert seems not only relevant but essential.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-58815065256234174282012-04-03T17:27:08.921+01:002012-04-03T17:27:08.921+01:00In his introduction to a selection he made of GH&#...In his introduction to a selection he made of GH's poetry (<i>A Choice of George Herbert's Verse</i>) R. S. Thomas <a href="http://www.cst.dk/mulinco/corpus_collection/MLCC/ENGLISH.NWS/orig/nen2be" rel="nofollow">wrote</a>: "The<br />bridge between . . . [Christianity and literature] is the Incarnation. If poetry is concerned with the concrete and the particular, then Christianity aims at their redemption and consecration. The poet invents the metaphor, and the Christian lives it."Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.com