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
feet straws
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
crafts shut-up shops
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
mouths pot
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
his-loss trade
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
sides
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
littles
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
land
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
bosoms
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head.
children
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
eye bees loses
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
sun walks
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne. [He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.]
encounters goeth
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
giving small-gifts give-me
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
giving suffering dies
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.