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
dog looks musk
Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.
art house
My house, my house, though thou art small, Thou art to me the Escurial.
lying blessing men
When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, 'Let us,'said he,'pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which disperse' d lie, Contract into a span'.
money knows
Would you know what money is, go borrow some.
lying half world
Half the world knows not how the other half lies.
beauty oxen draws
Beauty draws more than oxen.
fool hours wit
Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
thinking devil wealth
Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.
hands gold sticks
Gold thou mayst safely touch; but if it stick Unto thy hands, it woundeth to the quick.
endurance overcoming endure
He that endures is not overcome.
easter heart dust
Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him mayst rise: That, as His death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and, much more, just.
fool sometimes foolishness
None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.
sports poor candle
It is a poor sport that is not worth a candle.
wine tables creatures
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.