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
world wheels fortune
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world.
heart long long-day
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
None saies his Garner is full.
wise
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
offended
None is offended but by himselfe.
masters
None is borne Master.
noble
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
ties
No tye can oblige the perfidious. [No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
profit honour
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
men naked
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
love-is prison no-love
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
hair shadow
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
dark clouds dark-clouds
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
men desire church
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to bee buried there. [No churchyard is so handsome that a man would desire straight to be buried there.]