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
lard
Send not a Catt for Lard.
wise men errands
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him. [Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.]
past years ill
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past. [Say no ill of the year till it be past.]
saint luke
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
spring rivers
Rivers neede a spring.
eye credit touched
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
horse stalking foul
Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
february thirty
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
lying spurs reason
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
medicine ready
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
broads shoulders
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
wind sides
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
giving
Promising is the eve of giving.
heaven venison
Princes are venison in Heaven.