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THE PULLEY BY GEORGE HERBERT When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, “Let us,” said he, “pour on him all we can. Let the world’s riches, which dispersèd lie, Contract into a span.” So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure. When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that, alone of all his treasure, Rest in the bottom lay. “For if I should,” said he, “Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature; So both should losers be. “Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness; Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast.”  In metaphysical poets , the following are called as religious poets 1)George Herbert 2)Richard Crashaw 3)Henry Vaughan  Pulley means a mechanical device, it is used to lift something from the ground  In this poem, the word Pulley...

EPITHALAMION (AT THE NUPTIAL CHAMBER) EDMUND SPENSER  Spencer was born in East Smithfield ,London in 1552  Spencer was secretary to Lord Arthur Gray  Spencer followed “Protestantism” in religion  He is non-dramatic, Elizabethan poet  Through Earl of Leicester, he was introduced to Queen Elizabeth and he received Kilcolman Castle from Elizabeth,near this castle is river Mulla  Spencer dedicated “Colins Clouts Come Home Again” to Sir Walter Raleigh  Under the pseudonym of “Immerito” spencer wrote “The Shepherds Calendar” based on “Theocritus style” of writing  His famous work “The Faerie Queen” supports Queen Elizabeth I and English protestant Church  Faerie Queen first 3 books published in 1590, and second 3 books in 1596  Spenser used Spensarian stanza in his “Faerie Queene”  Spensarian stanza’s main meter is in Iambic pentameter and final line(Alexandrine) in Iambic hexameter (six foot), Rhyme scheme ab ab bc bcc  Spencer’s “Four Hymn” was published with second editi...