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
land
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
land way
Good land, evill way.
hands land washing
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
land sea settling
Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
garden land may
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
feet sea land
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
ocean sea land
Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
stars blood land
Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, The land of spices; something understood.
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