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
bees patient
He that will be served must bee patient.
eye bees loses
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
bees
A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
bees reason heard
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
morning bees may
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
bees
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
sweet bees
Every bees hony is sweet.
eye bees elbows
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
bees longing idle
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
bees bakers ifs
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
bees made oath
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
men bees
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much. [When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot be much.]
bees beloved
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
littles bees
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many. [The little cannot be great unless he devour many.]