Eerdmans Book of Christian Poetry Author:Pat Alexander (Compiler) This book opens up the rich heritage of Christian poetry over a span of 1300 years. It includes both favorites and poems that will come fresh to many. As an appetizer, it invites further reading. — The first poem in the book was composed by Caedmon, a herdsman in the seventh century. The selection includes many time-honored names -- John Donne, G... more »eorge Herbert, Ben Jonson, Milton, Bunyan, Blake, Emily Dickenson -- through to T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, Sir John Betjeman and other well-known modern poets. Also included are some whose work deserves to be better known than it is.« less