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 be, than is man, to whose creationAll things are in decay? For man is ev’ry… Read More »Man by George Herbert
Read the poem About the poet Katherine Philips (1631–1664), also known as “The Matchless Orinda,” was an English poet and translator. She was born Katherine Fowler in London and married James Philips in 1654. Philips was well-known for her participation… Read More »To My Excellent Lucasia, on Our Friendship by KATHERINE PHILIPS summary
Read the poem About the poet George Herbert was an influential English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England, associated with the metaphysical poets. Despite initially intending to become a priest, he served as the University’s Public Orator,… Read More »The Windows by George Herbert summary & Analysis
Lord, how can man preach thy eternal word?He is a brittle crazy glass;Yet in thy temple thou dost him affordThis glorious and transcendent place,To be a window, through thy grace. But when thou dost anneal in glass thy story,Making thy… Read More »The Windows by George Herbert
Read the poem About the author Lady Mary Wroth holds a significant place in English Renaissance literature. Born into a notable literary family on October 18, 1587, as Mary Sidney, she became Lady Mary Wroth upon her marriage. Her family… Read More »In this Strange Labyrinth by Mary Wroth summary and analysis
In this strange Labyrinth how shall I turn,Ways are on all sides while the way I miss:If to the right hand, there, in love I burn,Let me go forward, therein danger is.If to the left, suspicion hinders bliss;Let me turn… Read More »In this strange Labyrinth by Mary Wroth
Read the poem About the author Lady Mary Wroth holds a significant place in English Renaissance literature. Born into a notable literary family on October 18, 1587, as Mary Sidney, she became Lady Mary Wroth upon her marriage. Her family… Read More »Sweetest Love Return again by Mary Wroth summary and analysis
Sweetest love return again Make not too long stay. Killing mirth, and forcing pain Sorrow leading way: Let us not thus parted be Love, and absence ne’er agree; But since you must needs* depart, And me hapless leave, In your journey take my heart Which will not deceive Yours it… Read More »Sweetest love returne again by Mary Wroth
[1] BRISTOL, thine heart hath throbb’d to glory.—Slaves,E’en Christian slaves, have shook their chains, and gaz’dWith wonder and amazement on thee. HenceYe grov’ling souls, who think the term I give,Of Christian slave, a paradox! to youI do not turn, but leave… Read More »A Poem on the Inhumanity of Slave Trade by Ann Yearsley
I did not live until this time Crowned my felicity,When I could say without a crime, I am not thine, but thee. This carcass breathed, and walked, and slept, So that the world believedThere was a soul the motions kept; … Read More »To my Excellent Lucasia, on Our Friendship by KATHERINE PHILIPS
