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
punishment stills
Though punishment be slow, still it comes.
house fiddle fiddlers
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle. [In the house of the fiddler all fiddle.]
sports men journey
In sports and journeys men are knowne. [In sports and journeys men are known.]
pedigree
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
hay ill straws
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
country bites
In every country dogges bite.
country morning sun
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning. [In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
art masters
In every Art it is good to have a master. [In every art it is good to have a master.]
In doing we learne. [In doing we learn.]
inches hundred contention
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
lame retreat
In a retreat the lame are formost. [In a retreat the lame are foremost.]
journey long long-journey
In a long journey straw waighs.
leopards
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
rivers bees found
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you bee drowned.