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
all-things
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
house
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
thieves honest thunder
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
gods-will
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
understanding firsts gods-will
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
masters made disorder
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the disorderly.
children done quiet
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
young grows
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
men bees
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much. [When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]
sports age
When age is jocond it makes sport for death. [When age is jocund, it makes sport for death.]
men stomach
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
hell lackeys gates
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
knaves
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
morrow asks
When a friend askes, there is no to morrow. [When a friend asks, there is no to-morrow.]