I didn't see the poet's name before I began reading the poem, and my first thought was "Herbert"! The influence is certainly there, as you say, but the differences are just as clear. I enjoyed this exposition of the poem, and I love the poem itself -- so hopeful and uplifting.
I love this Substack. And this is a fine poem. One tiny quibble: what used to be called the English Civil War is now generally subsumed within the broader - and more accurate term - the War(s) of the Three Kingdoms. Nowhere in the Atlantic Isles was immune…
I didn't see the poet's name before I began reading the poem, and my first thought was "Herbert"! The influence is certainly there, as you say, but the differences are just as clear. I enjoyed this exposition of the poem, and I love the poem itself -- so hopeful and uplifting.
Now I need a leper for my Nativity. Do you know where I can get one. Oh. I guess I will do.
I love this Substack. And this is a fine poem. One tiny quibble: what used to be called the English Civil War is now generally subsumed within the broader - and more accurate term - the War(s) of the Three Kingdoms. Nowhere in the Atlantic Isles was immune…
Thanks so much for both the kind words and the corrective.