George Herbert Quotes

Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky;
The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,

For thou must die.

Man is no star, but a quick coal

Of mortal fire:
Who blows it not, nor doth control

A faint desire,

Love bade me welcome;
yet my soul drew back,
Guiltie of dust and sin.

Love is that liquor sweet and most divine,
Which my God feels as blood; but I, as wine.

But I am lost in flesh, whose sugared lies,
Still mock me and grow bold:
Sure thou didst put a mind there, if I could
Find where it lies.

The God of love my shepherd is, And he that doth me feed: While he is mine, and I am his, What can I want or need?

None knows the weight of another’s burthen.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

I will complain, yet praise;
I will bewail, approve:
And all my sowre-sweet dayes
I will lament, and love.

Love is swift of foot;/Love's a man of war.

That flesh is but the glass, which holds the dust
That measures all our time; which also shall
Be crumbled into dust.

Having been tenant long to a rich Lord,
Not thriving, I resolved to be bold,
And make a suit unto him, to afford
A new small-rented lease, and cancell th’ old.

In heaven at his manour I him sought:
They told me there, that he was lately gone
About some land, which he had dearly bought
Long since on earth, to take possession.

I straight return’d, and knowing his great birth,
Sought him accordingly in great resorts;
In cities, theatres, gardens, parks, and courts:
At length I heard a ragged noise and mirth

Of theeves and murderers: there I him espied,
Who straight, Your suit is granted, said, and died.

The market is the best garden.