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
sleep men two
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
two bread estates
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
men two good-man
Amongst good men two men suffice.
prayer night two
Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!
two agreement ears
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
two ill thirds
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
two easier chimneys
Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
two three ifs
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
blow two firsts
The first blow is as much as two.
two effects
That which two will, takes effect.
two crutches
One foote is better then two crutches.
life winter two
Every mile is two in winter
dwarves two giants
A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.
writing two praise
To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.