Herbert

Famous quotes containing the word herbert:

    “Light, joy, and leisure; but shall they persever?
    Echo Ever.”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    “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)

    “Inconstancy no sin will prove
    If we consider that we love
    But the same beauty in another face,
    Like the same body in another place.”
    —Edward Herbert (1583–1648)