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
house
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
men
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
daughter son your-son
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can. [Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.]
daughter your-daughter our-daughter
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
mourning
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
many-friends
Many friends in generall, one in speciall.
men
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
way may ill
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
lasts ends particular
Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
Love makes one fitt for any work.
eye
Love makes a good eye squint.
love-is price-of-love
Love is the true price of love.
love-is found
Love is not found in the market.
Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.