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
Soft and faire goes farre.
owing
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
dry tempest slander
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
bees
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
fire satin chimneys
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
fire quench
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
vintage long
Short boughs, long vintage.
fire water ships
Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
men good-man faults
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an ill, it doubles his fault.
children wells
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
evil good-against-evil
Set good against evill. [Set good against evil.]
punishment rewards
Service without reward is punishment.
inheritance
Service is no Inheritance.
noble thee disposition
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee will repay thee.