Herbert first distinguished himself in 1610 at the age of seventeen when, as a New Year's present to his mother, he sent her a pair of sonnets (titled, simply, “A Sonnet”) describing how the love directed towards God was more fulfilling than love directed towards a woman.
His older brother Edward, later Lord Herbert of Cherbury, was an important poet and philosopher, often referred to as "the father of English deism." Herbert's mother, in particular, was a patron and friend of John Donne and the metaphysical poets. Herbert's family was deeply involved in the currents of English literature and poetry, and often had prominent poets as guests at their estate. Herbert's family was wealthy, eminent, intellectual and members of the noble class.
Herbert was born in 1593, the son of Sir Richard and Magdalen Herbert.
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