The World (Henry Vaughan Poems)
. I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright; And ...
Henry Vaughan Poems on God (30 Poems)
Regeneration (Henry Vaughan Poems)
A ward, and still in bonds, one dayI stole abroad;It was high spring, and all the wayPrimrosed and hung with ...
The Shepherds (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Sweet, harmless lives! (on whose holy leisure Waits innocence and pleasure),Whose leaders to those pastures, and clear springs, Were patriarchs, saints, and ...
“O Lord, the hope of Israel” (Henry Vaughan Poems)
O Lord, the hope of Israel, all they that forsakeThee shall be ashamed ; and they that depart fromThee, shall be ...
The Night (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Through that pure virgin shrine,That sacred veil drawn o'er Thy glorious noon,That men might look and live, as glowworms shine,And ...
The Star (Henry Vaughan Poems)
. Whatever 'tis, whose beauty here below Attracts thee thus and makes thee stream and flow, And wind and curl, and wink ...
Joy Of My Life While Left Me Here! (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Joy of my life while left me here! And still my love!How in thy absence thou dost steer Me from above! A life ...
Cock-Crowing (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Father of lights! what sunny seed,What glance of day hast Thou confinedInto this bird? To all the breedThis busy ray ...
The Relapse (Henry Vaughan Poems)
My God, how gracious art thou! I had slipt Almost to hell,And on the verge of that dark, dreadful pit Did hear ...
Son-Days (Henry Vaughan Poems)
. 1Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss, Heaven once a week;The next world's gladness prepossest in this; A day ...
Corruption (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Sure it was so. Man in those early daysWas not all stone and earth;He shined a little, and by those ...
And Do They So? (Henry Vaughan Poems)
"Etenim res creatoe exerto capite observantesexpectant revelationem Filiorum Dei.":"For created things, watching with head erect,await the revelation of the Sons ...
Rules And Lessons (Henry Vaughan Poems)
When first thine eyes unveil, give thy soul leaveTo do the like: our bodies but forerunThe spirit's duty. True hearts spread ...
The Shower (I) (Henry Vaughan Poems)
1.'TWAS so ; I saw thy birth. That drowsy lake From her faint bosom breath'd thee, the disease Of her sick waters ...
The Book (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Eternal God! Maker of allThat have lived here since the man's fall:The Rock of Ages! in whose shadeThey live unseen, ...
Man (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Weighing the steadfastness and stateOf some mean things which here below reside,Where birds like watchful clocks the noiseless dateAnd intercourse ...
Retirement (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Fresh fields and woods! the Earth's fair face,God's foot-stool, and man's dwelling-place.I ask not why the first BelieverDid love to ...
The Incarnation, (Henry Vaughan Poems)
LORD, when Thou didst Thyself undress, Laying by Thy robes of glory,To make us more, Thou wouldst be less, And becam'st a ...
Unprofitableness (Henry Vaughan Poems)
How rich, O Lord! how fresh thy visits are!'Twas but just now my bleak leaves hopeless hungSullied with dust and ...
Anguish (Henry Vaughan Poems)
My God and King! to TheeI bow my knee;I bow my troubled soul, and greetWith my foul heart thy holy ...
The Dwelling-Pla (Henry Vaughan Poems)
John 1:38-39What happy secret fountain,Fair shade or mountain,Whose undiscovered virgin gloryBoasts it this day, though not in story,Was then thy ...
The World (Henry Vaughan Poems)
1 I saw Eternity the other night, 2 Like a great ring of pure and endless light, 3 All calm, ...
Unprofitableness (Henry Vaughan Poems)
How rich, O Lord! how fresh thy visits are! 'Twas but just now my bleak leaves hopeless hung Sullied with ...
Peace (Henry Vaughan Poems)
1 My Soul, there is a country 2 Afar beyond the stars, 3 Where stands a winged sentry 4 All ...
Regeneration (Henry Vaughan Poems)
1. Award, and still in bonds, one day I stole abroad, It was high-spring, and all the way Primros'd, and ...
Retirement (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Fresh fields and woods! the Earth's fair face, God's foot-stool, and man's dwelling-place. I ask not why the first Believer ...
Son-Days (Henry Vaughan Poems)
1 Bright shadows of true Rest! some shoots of bliss, Heaven once a week; The next world's gladness prepossest in ...
The Relapse (Henry Vaughan Poems)
My God, how gracious art thou! I had slipt Almost to hell, And on the verge of that dark, dreadful ...
The Shepherds (Henry Vaughan Poems)
Sweet, harmless lives! (on whose holy leisure Waits innocence and pleasure), Whose leaders to those pastures, and clear springs, Were ...
The Star (Henry Vaughan Poems)
1 Whatever 'tis, whose beauty here below 2 Attracts thee thus and makes thee stream and flow, 3 And wind ...