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
distance greatness envy
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
morning children latin
A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well.
apples eating
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.
song sweet heart
Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.
dark destiny
Destiny is always dark.
temples built hard
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by.
art feet heaven
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, That leads from earth to heaven.
dishes cheerfulness
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
hands bird feathers
A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
heart saws would-be
Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.
ambition glorious-life trying
For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.
dwarves two giants
A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.
beauty flames borrowed
True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
justice faults found
All are presumed good till they are found at fault.