title: The Poetry of Piety:  An Anotated Anthology of Christian Poetry
author: BenIII Witherington
description: The Lord has promised good to me His word my hope secures;: He will by shield and portion be As long as Life endures -from "Faith's Review and Expectation" by John Newton Poetry has always been an elegant, effective means of expression and reflection. It is no surprise then that, like John Newton, many Christians have used this medium to express the profound joys and struggles they have encountered in their journey with the church. With this in mind, renowned biblical scholar Ben Witherington III has teamed up with Christopher Mead Armitage to produce this innovative annotated anthology of Christian poetry. The Poetry of Piety offers both expert literary and theological analysis of a wide range of Christian poetry from the sixteenth century to the present. Each section consists of a brief biographical introduction to the author, a literary critique and theological analysis of one or more poems, and questions for personal reflection/formation. Works from twenty-eight authors, including John Donne, George Herbert, C. S. Lewis, T. S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, and John Updike, are covered. Ben Witherington III (Ph.D., University of Durham) is professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary and author of more than twenty books. Christopher Mead Armitage (Ph.D., Duke University) is professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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  # The Heptalogia
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Algernon Charles Swinburne
  
  
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  THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL
  
  
  JOHN JONES'S WIFE
  
  
  THE POET AND THE WOODLOUSE
  
  
  THE PERSON OF THE HOUSE
  
  
  LAST WORDS OF A SEVENTH-RATE POET
  
  
  SONNET FOR A PICTURE
  
  
  NEPHELIDIA
  
  
  
  
  
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  THE HEPTALOGIA
  
  
  
  
  
  By Algernon Charles Swinburne
  
  
  
  
  
  Taken from THE COLLECTED POETICAL WORKS
  
  
  OF ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE, VOL. V
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE
  
  
  HEPTALOGIA
  
  
  
  
  
  By
  
  
  
  
  
  Algernon Charles Swinburne
  
  
  
  
  
  1917
  
  
  
  
  
  LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _First printed (Chatto), 1904
  
  
    
  Reprinted 1904, '09, '10, '12
  
  
    
  (Heinemann), 1917_
  
  
  
  
  
  _London: William Heinemann, 1917_
  
  
  
  
  
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  THE HEPTALOGIA
  
  
  
  
  
  THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL 373
  
  
  
  
  
  JOHN JONES'S WIFE 375
  
  
  
  
  
  THE POET 