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
dog vain bark
An old dog barks not in vain.
dog
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
dog fields fine
Dogs are fine in the field.
dog looks musk
Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.
dog bread
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
dog men mates
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
dog nuts feet
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
dog ashes meals
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale. [The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.]
dog bones
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
dog littles hares
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
dog mouths bones
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
dog giving bark
If the old dog barke he gives counsell. [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]
dog
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
dog drink drowning
When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.