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
tree branches
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
dues
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
enough wells
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
ill
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
lying long bed
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
gold thrive labour
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
may bees
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
garden vines
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
masters
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
son fats
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son makes him a foole.