George Herbert Quotes
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
[When age is jocund, it makes sport for death.]
Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum. T. Maxey for T. Garthwait, 1651.
He was a senior military officer in the Jacobin rebellion. He became the last person in Great Britian whon was executed by beheadung, although the law did not abolish it until the 20th century, He was 80 years old at the time of his execution and was quite feeble.
He suffered from depression all his life and in the end committed suicide.
George Herbert was a Welsh-born 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 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, in 1609. He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He served in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.
