--- product_id: 53735804 title: "Herbert: The Complete English Works (Everyman's Library)" price: "3423 kr" currency: DKK in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/53735804-herbert-the-complete-english-works-everymans-library store_origin: DK region: Denmark --- # Herbert: The Complete English Works (Everyman's Library) **Price:** 3423 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Herbert: The Complete English Works (Everyman's Library) - **How much does it cost?** 3423 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/53735804-herbert-the-complete-english-works-everymans-library) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In George Herbert (1593-1633), profound religious sensibility is richly allied with a playful wit and with literary and musical gifts of the highest order. Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to "pattern poems", the shapes of which reveal their subjects. Such technical agility never seems ostentatious, however, for precision of language and expression of genuine feeling were his primary concerns. Herbert is one of the finest religious poets in any language, though even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness. The poems he made achieve a perfection of form and feeling, a luminosity and a metaphysical grandeur unexcelled in the history of English writing. Though long overshadowed by Donne and Milton, Herbert has come to be one of the most admired of the metaphysical poets. In this new edition of Herbert's works, the distinguished scholar and translator Ann Pasternak Slater shows through detailed textual notes, a reordering of the poems, and an extensive introduction just how great a writer Herbert is. Review: Something understood... - "Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart / Could have recovered greennesse." In 1998, after a visit to Charleville, Rimbaud's birthplace in northeastern France, I went to Bemerton, near Salisbury in England, where George Herbert lived and preached the last three years of his life. Rimbaud hated Charleville and was repelled by its Sunday-dinner respectability; he wanted only to escape it, and the day I spent there, wandering alone, left me troubled and saddened. In contrast entirely, the modest church of Saint Andrew's in Lower Bemerton seemed a perfect and moving mirror of Herbert's work and character; seeing the altar beneath which Herbert is buried, I was moved to tears of gratitude. Christianity permeated the great English poetry of the seventeenth century and no one succeeded above Herbert in letting it be the whole and everyday life of his work. From Donne he inherited the intellectually and syntactically knotted style that Johnson mockingly dubbed "Metaphysical," and Donne is perhaps a poet of greater moments, of greater range and intensity. But Herbert goes with us on our way: his poems are more trimmed and homely than Donne's, Traherne's, or the Catholic Crashaw's, more vividly ordinary than Vaughan's. With the pastorate at Bemerton, Herbert abandoned connection and courtly ambition; the choice delivered him, and shaped and reflected his best gifts. He can be startlingly modern in diction, as when he calls prayer "Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, / The land of spices; something understood." But the informing modesty, the love and gratitude over elemental things, can seem both special to his time and a rarity in any day. One of the best entries in the recently resuscitated Everyman's Library from Knopf is Anne Pasternak Slater's edition of THE COMPLETE ENGLISH WORKS of Herbert: it includes the verse, prose works, letters, an entertaining collection of "Outlandish Proverbs," and Walton's biography; the introduction is good and the notes are excellent and helpful. For a lovely and keenly-felt appreciation, read "George Herbert and the River Valley Route," the sixth chapter of Ronald Blythe's DIVINE LANDSCAPES (Harcourt Brace, 1986). Still the best anthology of the Metaphysicals is the one edited and introduced by Helen Gardner, THE METAPHYSICAL POETS (Oxford, second edition 1967). Glenn Shea, from Glenn's Book Notes at www.bookbarnniantic.com Review: George Herbert's Works (Everyman's Library) both beautiful & beautifully put together. - To keep this brief and to the point, I had long believed that the poem "Easter" was actually two separate poems due to the divisions in Vaughn-Williams "Five Mystical Songs". I had caught a comment about it in an article and realized I needed a better edition of Herbert's Works than I had. The Everyman's Library has never let me down and certainly has come through once again with a beautifully put together edition. "Wings" was printed the way it was intended to be seen. Herbert's Christian mysticism is incredibly strong and the poems are absolutely beautiful. "The Call" can still be found in at least the English and Episcopal Hymnals even to this day and its message is very powerful in its simplicity and grace. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #178,015 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #112 in Poetry Literary Criticism (Books) #170 in British & Irish Poetry #254 in Religious Poetry (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 81 Reviews | ## Images ![Herbert: The Complete English Works (Everyman's Library) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61M75xRbAtL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Something understood... *by G***A on November 20, 2014* "Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart / Could have recovered greennesse." In 1998, after a visit to Charleville, Rimbaud's birthplace in northeastern France, I went to Bemerton, near Salisbury in England, where George Herbert lived and preached the last three years of his life. Rimbaud hated Charleville and was repelled by its Sunday-dinner respectability; he wanted only to escape it, and the day I spent there, wandering alone, left me troubled and saddened. In contrast entirely, the modest church of Saint Andrew's in Lower Bemerton seemed a perfect and moving mirror of Herbert's work and character; seeing the altar beneath which Herbert is buried, I was moved to tears of gratitude. Christianity permeated the great English poetry of the seventeenth century and no one succeeded above Herbert in letting it be the whole and everyday life of his work. From Donne he inherited the intellectually and syntactically knotted style that Johnson mockingly dubbed "Metaphysical," and Donne is perhaps a poet of greater moments, of greater range and intensity. But Herbert goes with us on our way: his poems are more trimmed and homely than Donne's, Traherne's, or the Catholic Crashaw's, more vividly ordinary than Vaughan's. With the pastorate at Bemerton, Herbert abandoned connection and courtly ambition; the choice delivered him, and shaped and reflected his best gifts. He can be startlingly modern in diction, as when he calls prayer "Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, / The land of spices; something understood." But the informing modesty, the love and gratitude over elemental things, can seem both special to his time and a rarity in any day. One of the best entries in the recently resuscitated Everyman's Library from Knopf is Anne Pasternak Slater's edition of THE COMPLETE ENGLISH WORKS of Herbert: it includes the verse, prose works, letters, an entertaining collection of "Outlandish Proverbs," and Walton's biography; the introduction is good and the notes are excellent and helpful. For a lovely and keenly-felt appreciation, read "George Herbert and the River Valley Route," the sixth chapter of Ronald Blythe's DIVINE LANDSCAPES (Harcourt Brace, 1986). Still the best anthology of the Metaphysicals is the one edited and introduced by Helen Gardner, THE METAPHYSICAL POETS (Oxford, second edition 1967). Glenn Shea, from Glenn's Book Notes at www.bookbarnniantic.com ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ George Herbert's Works (Everyman's Library) both beautiful & beautifully put together. *by K***K on December 5, 2013* To keep this brief and to the point, I had long believed that the poem "Easter" was actually two separate poems due to the divisions in Vaughn-Williams "Five Mystical Songs". I had caught a comment about it in an article and realized I needed a better edition of Herbert's Works than I had. The Everyman's Library has never let me down and certainly has come through once again with a beautifully put together edition. "Wings" was printed the way it was intended to be seen. Herbert's Christian mysticism is incredibly strong and the poems are absolutely beautiful. "The Call" can still be found in at least the English and Episcopal Hymnals even to this day and its message is very powerful in its simplicity and grace. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful volume *by A***A on November 25, 2025* I came across George Herbert's name now and then through the years. But it was Malcom Guite and the fact that Charles Spurgeon's wife read out Herbert poems to comfort him at the end of the day that piqued my interest. If you like poetry and enjoy Herbert, get this book. Aside from anything else, the explanatory notes on the poems (which can be hard to follow at times) are invaluable. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.dk/products/53735804-herbert-the-complete-english-works-everymans-library](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/53735804-herbert-the-complete-english-works-everymans-library) --- *Product available on Desertcart Denmark* *Store origin: DK* *Last updated: 2026-05-23*