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Humble Hearts have humble desires.

Humble Hearts have humble desires.

Heart, Humble, Humble Heart

George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.292

God sees hearts as we see faces.

Disappointment, Heart, Faces

George Herbert (2010). “Priest to the Temple, Or, the Country Parson His Character and Rule of Holy Life, with Selected Poems from the Temple”, p.21, Lulu.com

Who hath no head, needes no heart.

Heart

George Herbert (1861). “The poetical works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber: With memoirs. Eight engravings on steel”, p.273

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

Love, Heart, Be Kind

George Herbert (1841). “The remains of ... George Herbert”, p.170

Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.

Heart, Would Be, Saws

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.131

Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart; Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.

Sports, Heart, Gambling

Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon, George Herbert (1768). “Sacred Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. Herbert. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, ... With a Preface and a Discourse on Rev.xviii. 21. By the Editor”, p.102

Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. Let mouth and heart be one; beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie.

Lying, Heart, Men

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

Love, Heart, Gentle

George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.308

God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage.

Heart, Men, Soul

Marianne Dorman, George Herbert (2009). “Seven Whole Days to Praise Our God: An Arrangement of George Herbert's Poems for Christian Meditation”, p.48, AuthorHouse

Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.

Heart, Long, Long Day

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.316

The hearts letter is read in the eyes.

Heart, Eye, Letters

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.298

Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.

Heart, Men, Mercenary

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.371

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.

Heart, Men, Laughing

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.373

Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him mayst rise: That, as His death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and, much more, just.

Easter, Heart, Dust

George Herbert, William Jerdan (1853). “The Works of the Rev. George Hebert”, p.41

A small heart hath small desires.

Heart, Desire

George Herbert (1871). “The English poems of George Herbert, together with his collection of proverbs entitled Jacula prudentum”, p.247

Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.

Sweet, Song, Heart

George Herbert, Robert Eldridge Aris WILLMOTT (1855). “The Poetical Works of G. H. With a Memoir of the Author, and Notes, by ... R. A. Willmott”, p.65

A broken Altar, Lord, thy servant rears, Made of a heart, and cemented with tears.

Heart, Broken, Tears

'The Altar', collected in The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (published posthumously, 1633).

Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart could have recovered greenness?

Heart

George Herbert (2015). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of George Herbert (Illustrated)”, p.223, Delphi Classics

A good heart cannot lye

Love, Heart, Good Heart

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.354

Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity, That I may run, rise, rest with Thee.

Faith, Running, Heart

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.65

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with thoughts.

Heart, Hands

George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.344

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