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
late ill
He that marries late, marries ill.
lying bed ill
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
broken ill
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
business ill
Ill ware is never cheape. [Ill ware is never cheap.]
fine-words fine ill
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
men ill
Every ill man hath his ill day.
doing-nothing ill
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
ill
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
suffering doe ill
Better suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
names ill wounds
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
ill labourers
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
ill honour
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
honor deeds ill
An ill deed cannot bring honor.
want doe ill
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.