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.
repairing
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
olives call-me
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
castles stones
Castles are Forrests of stones.
economy thrifty economy-and-economics
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
mice
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
time youth break
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
mistake digestion language
Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.
lists peppers may
He who has the pepper may season as he lists.
servant
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
cherries draws disgrace
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another. [Disgraces are like cherries, one draws another.]
sleeves
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.