7/1/2023 0 Comments Easter wings poem![]() ![]() ![]() “Easter Wings” in its two stanzas, for example, charts the fall of mankind and of the individual sinner as they become “most poore,” and then celebrates their subsequent rise again through Christ. George Herbert (1593–1633) was one of the best-known English poets of the early seventeenth century, a member of the loose group of writers commonly called “ the metaphysical poets.” Herbert was a also priest of the Church of England and nearly all of his verses address religious themes. The left page is the first stanza, and the right page is the second stanza. Here’s how the “Wings” appeared when they were initially published, in a collection of Herbert’s poems called The Temple, in 1633: George Herbert’s “Easter Wings” as it appeared in The Temple in 1633. Then shall the fall further the flight in me.Īffliction shall advance the flight in me.īut that’s not how the poem was originally printed, and that modernized layout distorts Herbert’s artistry. ![]() Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Prosaic practitioners of pedestrian typography (like me) usually reproduce “Easter Wings” like this nowadays, to make the reading easy and the printing convenient: Today is Easter Sunday, and that means it’s the perfect day to share one of the most famous of all Easter poems with your students: George Herbert’s “Easter Wings.” It’s a special bonus homeschool poem-of-the-week for this Easter weekend. ![]()
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