“He who is good is happy.” — William Habington | V2Melody

“He who is good is happy.”

Linking virtue directly to contentment · Prose character sketch in Castara

William Habington

About William Habington

William Habington

4 November 1605–30 November 1654

In the rich tapestry of seventeenth-century English poetry, William Habington occupies a distinctive position—neither as celebrated as John Donne nor as experimental as George Herbert, yet possessing a unique voice that championed marital love and spiritual devotion with rare sincerity. His story unfolds against the…

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Poems by William Habington

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“Death, how deformed soever an aspect it weares, he is not frighted with; since it not annihilates but uncloudes the soule.”

Finding peace in the soul’s liberation · Prose character of A Holy Man in Castara

“In prosperity he gratefully admires the bounty of the Almighty giver, and useth, not abuseth, plenty: but in adversity he remaines unshaken, and like some eminent mountain hath his head above the clouds.”

Portraying equanimity through fortune’s changes · Prose character of A Holy Man in Castara

“Fame he weighes not, but esteemes a smoake, yet such as carries with it the sweetest odour, and riseth usually from the Sacrifice of our best actions.”

On the true source and value of reputation · Prose character of A Holy Man in Castara