Henry Vaughan (1621–1695) Welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet
"They Are All Gone," st. 5.
Silex Scintillans (1655)
“Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.”
Source: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night V, Line 1011.
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