Henry Vaughan: Selected PoemsSPCK, 2004 - 182 páginas Henry Vaughan (1621-1695) was a metaphysical poet. He was a Welshman, born beside the River Usk in the beautiful Brecon Beacons. Throughout the period of the Civil War, traumatic both for himself and those he loved, Vaughan wrote moving poems which record extreme spiritual experience balanced by intense delight in the natural world. This is the fifth volume of a series of introductory books on seventeenth century spiritual writing. Poetry from all of Vaughan's five collections have been included in this anthology, which Anne Cluysenaar introduces with a scholarly but accessible introduction to Vaughan's life. She provides a valuable initiation into the work of this brilliant seventeenth century poet. |
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... Hast thou no prize But sickness , or Infection ? stifle it . Who makes his jests of sins , must be at least If not a very devill , worse than a Beast . Yet , fly no friend , if he be such indeed , But meet to quench his Longings , and ...
... Hast thou no prize But sickness , or Infection ? stifle it . Who makes his jests of sins , must be at least If not a very devill , worse than a Beast . Yet , fly no friend , if he be such indeed , But meet to quench his Longings , and ...
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... hast thou of this ? What one poor leaf did ever I yet fall To wait upon thy wreath ? Thus thou all day a thankless weed doest dress , And when th ' hast done , a stench , or fog is all The odour I bequeath . Christs Nativity I Awake ...
... hast thou of this ? What one poor leaf did ever I yet fall To wait upon thy wreath ? Thus thou all day a thankless weed doest dress , And when th ' hast done , a stench , or fog is all The odour I bequeath . Christs Nativity I Awake ...
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... hast thou confin'd Into this bird ? To all the breed This busie Ray thou hast assign'd ; Their magnetisme works all night , And dreams of Paradise and light . Their eyes watch for the morning hue , Their little grain expelling night So ...
... hast thou confin'd Into this bird ? To all the breed This busie Ray thou hast assign'd ; Their magnetisme works all night , And dreams of Paradise and light . Their eyes watch for the morning hue , Their little grain expelling night So ...
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From Olor Iscanus | 27 |
From Silex Scintillans I | 45 |
From Silex Scintillans II | 129 |
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