George Herbert

T.S. Eliot considered George Herbert one of the liveliest and most profound of English poets with whose work he felt an instinctive accord. Describing The Temple as not simply a collection of poems but a record of the spiritual struggles of a man of intellectual power and emotional intensity who gave much toil to perfecting his verses T.S. Eliot considered Herberts religious verse above John Donnes and placed him firmly in the ranks of the great English poets. Peter Porters new introduction gives a fresh perspective on the poetry of Herbert and on Eliots study itself.