“My soul, there is a country
Far beyond the stars
Where stands a wingèd sentry
All skillful in the wars”

— Henry Vaughan, Peace

"Peace," st. 1.
Silex Scintillans (1655)
Context: My soul, there is a country
Far beyond the stars
Where stands a wingèd sentry
All skillful in the wars:
There, above noise and danger,
Sweet Peace is crowned with smiles,
And One born in a manger
Commands the beauteous files.

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Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet 1621–1695

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