Henry Vaughan: Day

Henry Vaughan was Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet. Explore interesting quotes on day.

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“Dear Night! this world's defeat;
The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb;
The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat
Which none disturb!”

Henry Vaughan

"The Night," l. 25.
Silex Scintillans (1655)
Context: Dear Night! this world's defeat;
The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb;
The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat
Which none disturb!
Christ's progress, and His prayer-time;
The hours to which high Heaven doth chime.

World , Fools , Soul , Business

“I see them walking in an air of glory
Whose light doth trample on my days,
My days, which are at best but dull and hoary,
Mere glimmering and decays.”

Henry Vaughan

"They Are All Gone," st. 3.
Silex Scintillans (1655)

Light

“I saw Eternity the other night
Like a great ring of pure and endless light.
All calm, as it was bright;
And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years,
Driv'n by the spheres
Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world
And all her train were hurled.”

Henry Vaughan

"The World".
Silex Scintillans (1655)

World , Light , Time , Training

“Happy those early days, when I
Shined in my angel-infancy!
Before I understood this place
Appointed for my second race.”

Henry Vaughan

"The Retreat," l. 1.
Silex Scintillans (1655)

Angels , Happiness