…Very striking metaphor again. And here's a, I want to read the whole of this, this very extraordinary sonnet by George Herbert on prayer, which is a whole series of rather extravagant but very beautiful metaphors which illustrate very clearly this…

…imagination has brought in elements from all over the place do permit us to understand this mysterious process of prayer which Herbert, the passionate, ecstatic Christian is talking about. Well, an interesting side light on this thing of metaphors is cast by…