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 14, 2025.
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JOy of my life! while left me here,And still my Love!How in thy absence thou dost steereMe from above!A life well leadThis truth commends,With quick, or deadIt never ends.
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Stars are of mighty use: The nightIs dark, and long;The Rode foul, and where one goes right,Six may go wrong.One twinkling rayShot o'r some cloud,May clear much wayAnd guide a croud.
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Gods Saints are shining lights: who staysHere long must passeO're dark hills, swift streames, and steep waysAs smooth as glasse;But these all nightLike Candles, shedTheir beams, and lightUs into Bed.
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They are (indeed,) our Pillar-firesSeen as we go,They are that Cities shining spiresWe travell too;A swordlike gleameKept man for sinFirst Out; This beameWill guide him In.
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