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  • A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

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    George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.357

  • In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.

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    George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.326

  • I know the ways of Pleasure, the sweet strains, The lullings and the relishes of it.

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    The lullings and the relishes of it. 'The Pearl', collected in The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (published posthumously, 1633).

  • Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?

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    George Herbert (1809). “Herbert's Poems: with his Country Parson. A new edition to which is prefixed, the life of the author; from I. Walton”, p.78

  • 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.

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    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
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George Herbert

  • Born: April 3, 1593
  • Died: March 1, 1633
  • Occupation: Poet
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