Who is George Herbert

George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He served in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.After the death of King James, Herbert renewed his interest in ordination. He gave up his secular ambitions in his mid-thirties and took holy orders in the Ch...
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George Herbert Poems

• Prayer (i)
  Prayer the Church's banquet, angels' age,
  God's breath in man returning to his birth,
  The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,
  The Christian plummet sounding heav'n and earth; ...
• H. Baptism Ii
  Since, Lord, to thee
  A narrow way and little gate
  Is all the passage, on my infancy
  Thou didst lay hold, and antedate ...
• Antiphon (i)
  Chorus: Let all the world in ev'ry corner sing
  'My God and King.'
  
  Verse: The heav'ns are not too high, ...
• Good Friday
  O my chief good,
  How shall I measure out thy blood?
  How shall I count what thee befell,
  And each grief tell? ...
• The Holdfast
  I threatened to observe the strict decree
  Of my deare God with all my power and might:
  But I was told by one, `It could not be;
  Yet I might trust in God to be my light.' ...

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George Herbert Quotes

• The best mirror is an old friend.
• Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
• Living well is the best revenge.
• Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
• Woe be to him that reads but one book.

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Comments about George Herbert

• Muhamma88454216: taken from george herbert’s collection of sayings, outlandish proverbs.
• Xx420xxxblazexx: taken from george herbert’s collection of sayings, outlandish proverbs.
• Stoneyjay10: henry ford prescott, bush, averill harriman and george herbert walker, all profited from the nazi party.
• Candyfrank8: without danger you cannot get beyond danger. - george herbert
• Jilliancravalh8: this quote first appeared in the english language following its inclusion in the book outlandish proverbs by george herbert. in this case “outlandish” simply means “outside the country”, indicating it was a foreign quote imported into english.

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