From The Temple

Author(s)

• George Herbert

George Herbert was a country minister and a protégé of the great metaphysical poet John Donne. In From The Temple, Herbert combines these two aspects of his training in one of the greatest cycles of religious poetry ever written. The soloist reads us a selection from this work. (Summary by Caeristhiona)

1. Dedication and Printers' Introduction
2. The Church-porch
3. Superliminare
4. The Altar
5. The Sacrifice
6. The Thanksgiving
7. The Reprisal
8. The Agony
9. The Sinner
10. Good Friday
11. Redemption
12. Sepulchre
13. Easter
14. Easter Wings
15. Holy Baptism (1)
16. Holy Baptism (2)
17. Nature
18. Sin (1)
19. Affliction (1)
20. Repentance
21. Longing
22. Prayer (1)
23. The Holy Communion
24. Antiphon (1)
25. Love I
26. Love II
27. The Temper (1)
28. The Temper (2)
29. Jordan (1)
30. Employment (1)
31. The Holy Scriptures
32. Whitsunday
33. Love (3)
34. Judgement
35. Heaven