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
hands long tongue
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
bells bears handsomeness
In cloths cheap handsomeness, doth bear the bell.
heart hands
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with thoughts.
sea rivers hands
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens, and to rivers foords.
hands land washing
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
hands evil afar
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand. [Better good afar than evil at hand.]
hands stones smooth
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
hands gold lost
Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
hands gold sticks
Gold thou mayst safely touch; but if it stick Unto thy hands, it woundeth to the quick.
hands
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
men hands may
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.
wise hands mouths
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes. [The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.]
hands faces
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
eye hands letters
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.