Quotes From "The Temple: The Poetry Of George Herbert" By George Herbert

Who says that fictions only and false hair Become a...

Who says that fictions only and false hair Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty? Is all good structure in a winding stair? George Herbert

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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal...

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. George Herbert

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Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal...

Man is no star, but a quick coal Of mortal fire: Who blows it not, nor doth control A faint desire, George Herbert

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

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Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. George Herbert

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