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
firsts frost lasts
The first and last frosts are the worst.
white snow filth
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The faulty stands on his guard.
horse faults saddles
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
faults
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
men
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
eye
The eye will have his part.
eye bigger belly
The eye is bigger then the belly. [The eye is bigger than the belly.]
eye
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
morning evening frost
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
taste bait feels
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. [The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]
tongue needs speak
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not. [The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.]
dog ashes meals
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale. [The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.]
dog bones
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.