While trying to waste some time in an effort to help me fall asleep, I was searching the Google.com online books for earlier biographical data of George Herbert & his close friend Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding. To me surprise and delight, a generous sampling of the new critical edition of The English Poems of George Herbert edited by Helen Wilcox and published by Cambridge University ($188.00) is available as an online Google.com book!!! They have withheld some pages from being viewable and viewing stops at page 149. Here is the web address:
http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=dQCZvJj96SkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR10&dq=helen+wilcox&ots=y87fv51NLZ&sig=9MsOApPJNWvTyAgeTipMIcECbOY&hl=en#PPP1,M1
I'm not sure now long they will have this text sample available for free, but I strongly encourage anyone with an interest in George Herbert, the Episcopal Church (Anglican), 17th Century Poetry, Theology, Devotion/Contemplation, The Book of Common Prayer, and/or art taken to the highest levels of human achievement - to set aside a bit of time and enjoy this finely crafted and expertly presented edition of George Herbert the Divine.
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