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"Like summer friends, Flies of estate and sunneshine."
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George Herbert317. Be not a baker if your head be of butter. — George Herbert
"317. Be not a baker if your head be of butter."
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George Herbert
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George Herbert was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge,
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"Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby."
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"Chase brave employment with a naked sword Throughout the world."
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"To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise."
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