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
firsts
He that riseth first, is first drest.
winter frost firsts
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the winter after.
men firsts censure
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
wine enemy firsts
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]
understanding firsts gods-will
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
children father firsts
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
firsts dishes
The first dish pleaseth all.
firsts frost lasts
The first and last frosts are the worst.
firsts prettiness dies
Prettiness dies first.
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.