George Herbert
George Herbert
George Herbertwas a Welsh poet, orator and Anglican priest. Herbert's poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognized as "a pivotal figure: enormously popular, deeply and broadly influential, and arguably the most skilful and important British devotional lyricist."...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 April 1593
home bread dry
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
drought
Drought never brought dearth.
dog fields fine
Dogs are fine in the field.
doe
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
grace divine divine-grace
Divine grace was never slow.
ashes divine
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
cherries draws disgrace
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another. [Disgraces are like cherries, one draws another.]
eye bees elbows
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
eye ears discreet
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares. [Discreet women have neither eyes nor ears.]
Death keepes no Calender.
danger remedy
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
long sides lasts
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
pain cruelty ifs
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.