The author of Phantastes traces the course of English religious verse from the sacred lyrics of the thirteenth century and the miracle plays through Spenser, Bacon’s contemporaries, Herbert, Herrick and the poets who followed. He quotes generously, so the book doubles as an anthology, and comments on each poet with warmth and a preacher’s insight.
A companionable introduction to English devotional poetry from a writer C. S. Lewis called his master. Download the free EPUB.