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"To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise."
George Herbert / Praise.
Praise.
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"Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky."
George Herbert / Virtue.
Virtue.
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"Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie."
George Herbert / Virtue.
Virtue.
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"Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives."
George Herbert / Virtue.
Virtue.
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"Like summer friends, Flies of estate and sunneshine."
George Herbert / The Answer.
The Answer.
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"A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and th' action fine."
George Herbert / The Elixir.
The Elixir.
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"A verse may find him who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice."
George Herbert / The Church Porch.
The Church Porch.
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"Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie; A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby."
George Herbert / The Church Porch.
The Church Porch.
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"Chase brave employment with a naked sword Throughout the world."
George Herbert / The Church Porch.
The Church Porch.
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"Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music."
George Herbert / The Church Porch.
The Church Porch.
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"The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence."
George Herbert / The Church Porch.
The Church Porch.
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"Bibles laid open, millions of surprises."
George Herbert / Sin.
Sin.
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"Religion stands on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand."
George Herbert / The Church Militant.
The Church Militant.
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"Man is one world, and hath Another to attend him."
George Herbert / Man.
Man.
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"If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast."
George Herbert / The Pulley.
The Pulley.
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"The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines accords."
George Herbert / A True Hymn.
A True Hymn.
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"Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?"
George Herbert / The Size.
The Size.
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"Do well and right, and let the world sink."
George Herbert / Country Parson. Chap. xxix.
Country Parson. Chap. xxix.
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"His bark is worse than his bite."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"After death the doctor."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"Hell is full of good meanings and wishings."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"No sooner is a temple built to God, but the Devil builds a chapel hard by."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"God's mill grinds slow, but sure."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"The offender never pardons."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"To a close-shorn sheep God gives wind by measure."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"The lion is not so fierce as they paint him."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"Help thyself, and God will help thee."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"Words are women, deeds are men."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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"A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two."
George Herbert / Jacula Prudentum.
Jacula Prudentum.
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