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Luminarium

Luminarium: Andrew Marvell (1621 1678)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very comprehensive site, a complete collection of Marvell's works and several critical essays, in additon to biographical material.
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George Herbert

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a fairly comprehensive site produced by college students. It includes a biography of Herbert, an example of his work, and an annotated bibliography.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Sacred Poets: George Herbert's Personality

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly site analyzes Herbert's work and compares it to the writings of several of his contemporaries. Viewers should note that there are four separate pages about Herbert, linked at the bottom of each page.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: George Herbert (1593 1633)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luminarium site provides biographical information, as well as links to Herbert's writing, and to essays about his works. Excellent site.
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George Herbert, Priest and Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography focuses on Herbert's life in the church and on his character. His poetry is discussed as an extention of his faith.
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Other

Passions in Poetry: George Herbert 1593 1633

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biography of Herbert is accompanied by the texts of fifteen of his poems. The poems have no commentary with them.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Andrew Marvell the Garden*

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the orginal text of Marvell's poem, "The Garden," without explanatory note. In this poem, Marvell compares the soldiers in England's Civil War to flowers.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Andrew Marvell

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of 17th century British poet, Andrew Marvell, with the texts of three of his works. Included is his most famous poem, "To His Coy Mistress."
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "A Priest to the Temple"

For Students 9th - 10th
From a scholarly work, this page from Bartelby.com discusses Herbert's "A Priest to the Temple," and shows it as a reflection of Herbert's own character.