An exact transcription, page by page, of the text proper of Tanner 307, rendering precisely the orthography and punctuation, while also representing the graphic and visual characteristics of this version of Herbert's work. This is done by imitating the shape of the page, discriminating the varieties of some characters, showing the corrections and insertions, reproducing the visual layout of Herbert's poems as accurately as typography permits.
The amount of detail in this edition of the Tanner 307 edition of Herbert is a indeed a great service to all interested in Herbert and 17th Century English Literature. This text, convincingly, elucidates many elements of the editing by Buck (1633) and makes available the source text for Buck and what is arguably the central text for understanding George Herbert.
George Herbert was a Welsh poet, orator and priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a good education which led to his holding prominent positions at Cambridge University and Parliament.
As a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, George Herbert excelled in languages and music. He went to college with the intention of becoming a priest, but his scholarship attracted the attention of King James I. Herbert served in parliament for two years. After the death of King James and at the urging of a friend, Herbert's interest in ordained ministry was renewed.
In 1630, in his late thirties he gave up his secular ambitions and took holy orders in the Church of England, spending the rest of his life as a rector of the little parish of St. Andrew Bemerton, near Salisbury.
He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioners, bringing the sacraments to them when they were ill, and providing food and clothing for those in need.
Throughout his life he wrote religious poems characterized by a precision of language. He is best remembered as a writer of poems and the hymn "Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life."
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