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
care paine loses
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
judgement action security
Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.
strokes
One stroke fells not an oke.
blow sound
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
slumber
One slumber finds another.
tongue dry hundred
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
mouths
One mouth doth nothing without another.
hands faces
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
two crutches
One foote is better then two crutches.
hundred
One foole makes a hundred.
winter bird
One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.
eye masters servant
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants. [One eye of the master sees more than ten of the servants']
fighting looks painting
On painting and fighting looke aloofe. [On painting and fighting look aloof.]