Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughanwas a Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 April 1622
caesar rescued
Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.
immortality felt
But felt through all this fleshly dresse Bright shootes of everlastingnesse.
eye sunshine light
Bright pledge of peace and sunshine! the sure tie Of thy Lord's hand, the object of His eye! When I behold thee, though my light be dim, Distinct, and low, I can in thine see Him Who looks upon thee from His glorious throne, And minds the covenant between all and One.
syllables
Some syllables are swords.
spring wind clouds
A ward, and still in bonds, one day I stole abroad; It was high spring, and all the way Primrosed and hung with shade; Yet was it frost within, And surly winds Blasted my infant buds, and sin Like clouds eclipsed my mind.
sun routine late
Early, as well as late, Rise with the sun, and set in the same bowers
fighting men truth-is
As men are killed by fighting, the truth is lost in disputing.
moving fall men
Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move, And when this dust falls to the urn In that state I came, return.