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
wicked masters
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
wall white paper
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
youth silent wells
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent.
tyrants
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
trade
A trade is better then service.
snow rich
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
heart desire
A small heart hath small desires.
one-thing
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
horse scabs combs
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
hands stones smooth
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
children cows rich
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
husband lovers
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
long enough pleasure
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
mother
A pittifull mother makes a scald head.