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George Herbert Quotes About Poetry

Quotes about: Poetry
  • As flames do work and wind when they ascend,
    So did I weave myself into the sense.

    George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.103
  • I envy no man's nightingale or spring;
    Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme,
    Who plainly say, My God, My King.

    George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.52
  • How wide is all this long pretense!
    There is in love a sweetness ready penned,
    Copy out only that, and save expense.

    George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.103

George Herbert

  • Born: April 3, 1593
  • Died: March 1, 1633
  • Occupation: Poet
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