![]() He left Cambridge to serve in the government and as a member of parliament, but on the king’s death he turned away from worldly affairs, was ordained, and retired to serve humbly in his country parish. As the University’s Public Orator, Herbert drew the attention of King James I. Although he intended to take holy orders, his brilliance attracted men in high places. He enrolled as a student of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1609 and shone in languages, rhetoric and music. The attractive George Herbert was born into an artistic, religious, and wealthy family. The dream came true, and when I finally inhabited my own rural retreat on the Isle of Wight I even remembered to write some poems. ![]() A few years later I would go on my own journey to become an Anglican country parson. When I found that he forsook the allure of Cambridge and a court appointment and went to be the Rector of the hamlet of Bemerton in Wiltshire, my attraction to the man was complete. ![]() I was college student afflicted with a serious case of Anglophilia when I discovered George Herbert and his poetry. ![]() George Herbert’s “Easter Wings” is a witty, surprising, and smart poem, which teaches a profound theological truth: Created with perfect blessings, it is man’s foolishness and fall that is to blame for his ending up poor and thin. ![]()
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