"My meaning (dear Mother) is in these sonnets, to declare my resolution to be, that my poor abilities in poetry, shall be all and ever consecrated to God's glory."
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George Herbert
George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was an English poet and orator.
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