Herbert

Famous quotes containing the word herbert:

    “My tender age in sorrow did begin:
    And still with sicknesses and shame
    Thou did’st so punish sin,
    That I became
    Most thin.
    With Thee
    Let me combine
    And feel this day Thy victory;”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
    Though foolishly he lost the same,
    Decaying more and more,”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)