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
heaven having-patience
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have patience.
lying overcoming well-dressed
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome. [Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]
house
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
doe
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
world this-world
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
ease
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
wells
Things well fitted abide.
salute knows
They that know one another salute a farre off.
men pay rich
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God).
ready
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
long
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
favour action worthy
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
weapons conquer
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
taken language ill
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.