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
war good-war
He that makes a good war makes a good peace.
bird tree wish
I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just.
grief soul sorrow
Sorrow was all my soul; I scarce believed, Till grief did tell me roundly, that I lived.
clothes cold
God sends cold according to clothes.
sheep wind giving
To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.
sweet eye roots
Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is even in the grave, And thou must die.
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.