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
want study
He that studies his content, wants it.
money want followers
Money wants no followers.
judging treasure want
Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preaches patience.
want
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
want doe ill
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
men want woe
The cholerick man never wants woe.
want beast
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
children wife want
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
want rich enough
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
asking want losing
Many things are lost for want of asking.
horse shoes want
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
needs want shepherds
The God of love my shepherd is, And he that doth me feed: While he is mine, and I am his, What can I want or need?
patience want speak
The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
drew dust guilty love soul
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back / Guilty of dust and sin.