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George Herbert
(1593 - 1633 / Montgomery / Wales)
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George Herbert George Herbert was born to a noble family in Wales; his mother was patron to John Donne who dedicated his 'Holy Sonnets' to her. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge, where in 1620 he was elected to the prestigious post of Public Orator. more >>
 
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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.''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet, clergyman. repr. In The Works of George Herbert, ed. Helen Gardner (1961). The Elixir, st. 5, The Temple (16...
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''A man that looks on glass,
On it may stay his eye;
Or if he pleaseth, through it pass,
And then the heaven espy.''
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George Herbert (1593-1633), British poet, clergyman. repr. In The Works of George Herbert, ed. Helen Gardner (1961). The Elixir, The Temple (1633).
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attila hun tamogin khan

gengis tamogin kubla khan

kubla hun bonziiiiii tamgin kubla fawn attila hun
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tamogin bonziii mother child father tribe
than came the word bonziii
ninjia tamogin bonziiiii attila kub-a-la tamogin hun

tamogin attila hun

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