Metaphysical & Cavalier

Jeremy Taylor

1613–1667


Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was an English clergyman, chaplain to Charles I and later Bishop of Down and Connor. He is best known for his prose devotions Holy Living (1650) and Holy Dying (1651).

A few devotional poems and hymns of his are still anthologised, among them the hymn on Heaven.

  1. Heaven

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