Title: Music at midnight : the life and poetry of George Herbert /
Authors: Drury, John, 1936-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Herbert, George,; Herbert, George, Criticism and interpretation.; Poets, Welsh Biography.
Abstract: 'Let all the world in every corner sing . . .' 'Teach me my God and King . . .' George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love.
Contents: Introduction : Herbert's world -- Childhood -- Westminster -- A young man at Cambridge -- 1618 -- Deputy to orator -- Francis Bacon -- Interlude : the Williams Manuscript -- Lost in a humble way -- Bemerton : being a country parson -- Herbert's days and years -- Heirs and imitators -- Herbert's readers -- The bread of faithful speech -- Music at the close.