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
doe
He that staies does the businesse.
doe
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
suffering doe ill
Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
eagles hawks doe
But who does hawk at eagles with a dove?
want doe ill
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
doe cures
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
doe
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
sports doe
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
doe paine
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
cost doe ill
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well. [It costs more to do ill than to do well.]
hands doe ifs
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
should-have doe should
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
wine bottles doe
The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
drew dust guilty love soul
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back / Guilty of dust and sin.