The Works in Verse and Prose Complete of Henry Vaughan, Silurist: Secular poetryprivate circulation, 1871 - English literature |
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Page xvii
... hath got the skie . How shall I recompence thy streams that keep Me and my soul awak'd , when others sleep ? I watch my stars , I move on with the skies And weary all the planets with mine eyes . Shall I seek thy forgotten birth , and ...
... hath got the skie . How shall I recompence thy streams that keep Me and my soul awak'd , when others sleep ? I watch my stars , I move on with the skies And weary all the planets with mine eyes . Shall I seek thy forgotten birth , and ...
Page xix
... hath thus happily Englished it : Matthew , that I had life I owe my sire , But that will pass , nor be remember'd more : Thy gift is richer , since when breath is o'er , The fame I owe to thee shall not expire . Let master then and sire ...
... hath thus happily Englished it : Matthew , that I had life I owe my sire , But that will pass , nor be remember'd more : Thy gift is richer , since when breath is o'er , The fame I owe to thee shall not expire . Let master then and sire ...
Page xlviii
... hath shined in our hearts , to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of JESUS CHRIST . " ( 2 Corinthians iv . , 6 ) . It is not sermonizing this : it is the simple matter - of - fact that gives its own ...
... hath shined in our hearts , to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of JESUS CHRIST . " ( 2 Corinthians iv . , 6 ) . It is not sermonizing this : it is the simple matter - of - fact that gives its own ...
Page lvi
... hath been of yore ; - Turn wheresoe'er I may , By night or day , The things which I have seen I now can see no more . The Rainbow comes and goes , And lovely is the Rose , The Moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are ...
... hath been of yore ; - Turn wheresoe'er I may , By night or day , The things which I have seen I now can see no more . The Rainbow comes and goes , And lovely is the Rose , The Moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are ...
Page lvii
... hath past away a glory from the earth , Now , while the birds thus sing a joyous song , And while the young lambs bound As to the tabor's sound , To me alone there came a thought of grief : A timely utterance gave that thought relief ...
... hath past away a glory from the earth , Now , while the birds thus sing a joyous song , And while the young lambs bound As to the tabor's sound , To me alone there came a thought of grief : A timely utterance gave that thought relief ...
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