Source: The Poetical Works of G. H. With a Memoir of the Author, and Notes, by ... R. A. Willmott
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“Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
Source: The Works of the Rev. George Hebert
“Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.”
Source: The works of George Herbert
“He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.”
Source: The works of George Herbert
“Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee will repay thee.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“Ah my deare God! though I am clean forgot, Let me not love thee, if I love thee not.”
Source: The temple, sacred poems and private ejaculations. [With] The synagogue
“Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.”
“Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“Help thyself, and God will help thee.”
Source: The English Poems of George Herbert: Together with His Collection of Proverbs Entitled Jacula Prudentum