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
gains
To gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
littles fine ill
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
deceiving
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
bounty
To buy deare is not bounty.
bees beloved
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
contempt
To be too busie gets contempt.
horse eating greedy
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
night great-night
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
men giving
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
treasurer
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
window ready fairs
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
men crafty
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
children weather cold
To a child all weather is cold.
wretched hard
Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.