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
grief nor pot quarrel thirst
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot
delight sacrifice sermon turn verse
A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice
calendars
Death keeps no calendar.
money time-and-money all-things
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
hands giving clown
Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand.
fire crooked
A crooked log makes a strait fire.
repairing
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
prayer night keys
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
olives call-me
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
castles stones
Castles are Forrests of stones.
wise men care
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
economy thrifty economy-and-economics
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
cows tails lost
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
geese
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.