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
crafts
Craft against craft makes no living.
bags break
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
care shields
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Councell breakes not the head.
conversation
Conversation makes one what he is.
war thee
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
atheist war france
Civill Wars of France made a million of Atheists, and 30000 Witches.
taken
Citties are taken by the eares.
cities
Cities seldome change Religion only.
house noise filth
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner (for filth).
servant
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
horse wife made
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
castles stones
Castles are Forrests of stones.