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
money poor
Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
men giving poor
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. [Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]
sports poor candle
It is a poor sport that is not worth a candle.
needs pounds poor
He that needs five thousand pound to live, Is full as poor as he that needs but five.
hammers strikes poor-richard
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.
reason poor
The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
inferiority spirit poor
It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
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
good hundred mother worth
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters.