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
morning bees may
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
mind done may
Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting, where, And when, and how thy business may be done. Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller, Though he alights sometimes still goeth on.
may holy peril
Avoid,Profaneness; come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further go.
fire may advantage
Calmness is great advantage; he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire.
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.
horse rivers may
You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.
garden land may
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
eye his-eyes may
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes. [Who hath none to still him, may weep out his eyes.]
men hands may
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.
littles may ends
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
way may ill
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
may easier
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
hands long may
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
may bees
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.