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‘Easter Wings’ (see https://www.ccel.org/h/herbert/temple/Easterwings.html)
Wingéd words
George
Herbert (1593-1633) was a British priest and poet whom I had never heard of
before being invited to do this Lent meditation for the day of his Lesser
Festival. As I read about his life, my first reaction is to label him as just
another person born in another age, another place, in completely other
circumstances, far away from mine. But as I see how he left his fancy world of
politics, kings and glory and chose to spend the last years of his short life
serving the parishioners of the humble village of Lower Bemerton my interest
for his life grows. Somehow he comes closer, perhaps because I myself come from
a little island quite far from everything interesting and written and talked
about.
What
was the reason of this downshifting from the exciting life of orating in
Cambridge and in the parliament to the humble country life? Was he tired of the
political jargon? Of the sharp elbows of all those around him incessantly
striving for more fame, money and power? Did he feel like hiding away? Like
putting his hands in the mud and have some fresh air for his
tuberculosis-stricken lungs?
In
his rural seclusion he gave birth to texts that still seem to be read today,
well, at least I think so. The poem of ‘Easter Wings’ published on Wikipedia
(entry of George Herbert) at least touches me.
How
intelligent and creative! A poem about wings written in the form of a double
pair of wings illustrating in a fantastic manner the Easter message of glory -
decline - death - resurrection - new birth. Winged words rising from the little
village of George Herbert, flying beyond space and time to give us new life and
inspiration today.
This
is a song that I have written inspired by the life of George Herbert and of one
of the texts of this day, Psalm 1. Let us draw from the same well as George
Herbert and do good in our little world today just has he did in his 400 years ago.
Sara
Gabrielsson
Winged
Words, George Herbert, 1593-1633
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