Herbert

Famous quotes containing the word herbert:

“Man is all symmetrie,
Full of proportions, one limbe to another,”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)

“virtue lies therein,
A secret virtue bringing peace and mirth
By flight of sin.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)

“When first my lines of heavenly joys made mention,
Such was their luster, they did so excel,
That I sought out quaint words and trim invention;
My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell,
Curling with metaphors a plain intention,
Decking the sense as if it were to sell.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)