The speaker of another of this author's poems declares "I struck the board, and cried, No more, I will abroad" before being calmed by a voice calling "Child" and replying "My Lord."
This author contrasted the "fleet astronomer," "nimble diver," and "subtle chemist" with "Poor man!" who "searcheth round to find out death, but misseth life at hand" in his poem "Vanity." In another poem, this poet asked "Who says that fictions only and false hair become a verse" and "Is there in truth no beauty?" John Donne dedicated his Holy Sonnets to this author's mother Magdalen. The speaker of another of this author's poems declares "I struck the board, and cried, No more, I will abroad" before being calmed by a voice calling "Child" and replying "My Lord." He defended poetry by writing "a verse may find him who a sermon flies," and wrote a poetry collection which includes his poems "Jordan (I)," "The Collar," and "Easter Wings." For 10 points, name this metaphysical poet, an Anglican priest who published his poetry in his collection The Temple.
This author contrasted the "fleet astronomer," "nimble diver," and "subtle chemist" with "Poor man!
George Herbert