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
years snow aging
A snow year, a rich year.
life pairs windmills
You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.
art dirty men
Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe, Whence cam'st thou, that thou art so fresh and fine? I know thy parentage is base and low: Man found thee poor and dirty in a mine.
sweet giving soul
Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timbered, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
enemy victory may
Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.
wise brave valor
A sad, wise valor is the brave complexion.
success mean sky
Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
art home speak
If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.
broken pot whole
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
strikes
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one Anvile.
horse rivers may
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.
garden land may
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
fire lows
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
wind mills
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.