George Herbert Research Paper

Not having an expansive literary career in his era, Herbet is still one of the most mentioned British author of all time. Beyond his works, he was also famous for his own personal life. George Herbert was born on April 3rd 1593 in Montgomery, Powys, Wales, with a silver spoon in his mouth, he was raised to have one of the best education in Britain at that time. The Herberts, had 10 children including him, were wealthy and powerful in both national and local government. Not only was his father, Richard Herbert, a Member of Parliament, a justice of the peace, but he was also well known for being a descendent from the of the Earl of Pembroke. George’s mother Magdalen Herbert was a well educated woman and from an even more eminent than the

George soon realised his growing love for poetry, and wrote his very first work in his mother’s honor after her marriage to Sir John Danvers in 1609. His first two sonnets, written in 1610, emphasised his desire for the love of God he held was more valuable and worthier than the love of women. At the same time, he attended Trinity College in Cambridge, where he studied on politics. In the beginning, his purpose was to become a priest, but he eventually gained the attraction of King James I when he was the University’s Public Orator making toasts and speeches about rhetoric issues. From 1624 and 1625 to 1627, he served in the Parliament of England representing Montgomery. After the death of King James, Herbert’s interest in ordination renewed but came to an end whens it was found out that the Commons Journal for 1625 never mentioned him, despite the preceding parliament’s careful distinction. In 1629, Herbert could have used his post of orator to reach high political office, but instead gave up his secular ambitions. Herbert took holy orders in the Church of England in 1630 and spent the rest of his life as a rector in Bemerton near Salisbury. At Bemerton, George Herbert preached and wrote poetry; He helped rebuild the church out of his own funds and cared deeply for his parishoners. He soon came to be known as "Holy Mr. Herbert" around the countryside in the three years before his death by consumption on March 1, 1633 in his late