Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott

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Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott

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Barthold Heinrich Brockes
…wrote nature poetry, such as Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott (1721–48; “Earthly Pleasure in God”), in which natural phenomena are described minutely and seen as aspects of God’s perfectly ordered universe. One of the first German poets to treat nature as a principal subject, he was the forerunner of the new…
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…wrote nature poetry, such as Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott (1721–48; “Earthly Pleasure in God”), in which natural phenomena are described minutely and seen as aspects of God’s perfectly ordered universe. One of the first German poets to treat nature as a principal subject, he was the forerunner of the new…
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