'A magnificent book, making Herbert's poetry intelligible to current readers and scholars and students, with an eloquent introduction finely characterizing his imagination and his accomplishment.' Helen Vendler, Harvard University 'Professor Wilcox and Cambridge are to be congratulated on having produced a superb piece of scholarship that is also inviting to those outside academia.' Contemporary Review 'A monument to perfectionism: the knowledge, intelligence and detailed scrutiny that Helen Wilcox has brought to the poems is matched by few of the many scholars who worked on him through the twentieth century.' Style 'This beautiful, scrupulously edited volume of Herbert's English poems is sure to be consulted by curious and thoughtful readers for a very long time. … [Pays] meticulous attention to Herbert's poetry.' Early Modern Literary Studies 'An excellent edition of George Herbert's vernacular verse which is a superb guide to Herbert's monumental art and fuses two qualities not always easy to link: empathetic humanity and intellectual rigor.' Journal of British Studies '… this work promises to be the definitive edition of Herbert's English poetry for a long time to come.' Journal of Christian Literary Studies Group