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
wages wells asks
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
wells
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
wells
He that lives well sees a farre off.
seven-years sorrow wells
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after. [He that lives not well one year sorrows seven years after.]
men wells
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
fighting belly wells
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
quitting wells
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
winning play wells
He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
wells carrie
He carries well, to whom it waighes not. [He carries well, to whomit weighs not.]
beloved wells neighbour
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
youth silent wells
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent.
soon-enough enough wells
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
let-it-go wells
Ty it well, and let it goe.
wells
Things well fitted abide.