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
winter enemy winter-days
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
enemy victory may
Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.
wine enemy firsts
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]
enemy no-friends needs
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.
war long enemy
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives. [The war is not done so long as my enemy lives.]
enemy holes heed
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled Enemy.
men enemy sickness
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies. [Health and sickness surely are men's double enemies.]
enemy too-much
One enemy is too much.
drew dust guilty love soul
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back / Guilty of dust and sin.
dog vain bark
An old dog barks not in vain.
calendars
Death keeps no calendar.
hath
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
eyes hundred seller
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
delight sacrifice sermon turn verse
A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice