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
god wrath path
Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
mean doors house
By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 'Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.
death war dying
War is death's feast.
grief mines
Was ever grief like mine?
grief physicians lawyer
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
truth teeth heels
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
clothes editors noblemen
Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.
love children smell
The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
spiritual kings thee
Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee
kissing cutting hands
Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
news littles
Stay a little and news will find you.
age example needs
We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
leisure
He hath no leisure who useth it not.
risk littles planets
If we can possibly avoid wrecking this little planet of ours, we will, But-there must be risks! There must be. In experimental work there always are!