"The first, that with any effectual success attempted a diversion of this foul and overflowing stream, was the blessed man, Mr. George Herbert, whose holy life and verse gained many pious converts, of whom I am the least; and gave the first check to a most flourishing and admired wit of his time."
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Henry Vaughan, 'Preface' (30 September 1654), The Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (1856), p. 37
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George Herbert
George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was an English poet and orator.
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