Silex scintillans, or, Sacred poems and priuate eiaculations by Henry Vaughan ...
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Silex scintillans, or, Sacred poems and priuate eiaculations by Henry Vaughan ...
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Vaughan, Henry, 1622-1695.
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London :: Printed by T.W. for H. Blunden ...,
1650.
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"Silex scintillans, or, Sacred poems and priuate eiaculations by Henry Vaughan ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64747.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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PEace, peace! I know 'twas brave,But this corse fleeceI shelter in, is slaveTo no such peece.When I am gone,I shall no ward-robes leaveTo friend, or sonneBut what their own homes weave,
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Such, though not proud, nor full,May make them weep,And mourn to see the woollOutlast the sheep;Poore, Pious weare!Hadst thou bin rich, or finePerhaps that teareHad mourn'd thy losse, not mine.
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Why then these curl'd, puff'd points,Or a laced story?Death sets all out of JointAnd scornes their glory;Some Love a RoseIn hand, some in the skin;But crosse to those,I would have mine within.
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