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"But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness."
Henry Vaughan / The Retreat.
The Retreat.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"I see them walking in an air of glory Whose light doth trample on my days,-- My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmering and decays."
Henry Vaughan / They are all gone.
They are all gone.
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"Dear, beauteous death, the jewel of the just! Shining nowhere but in the dark; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark!"
Henry Vaughan / They are all gone.
They are all gone.
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"And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep."
Henry Vaughan / They are all gone.
They are all gone.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch Till the white-wing'd reapers come!"
Henry Vaughan / The Seed growing secretly.
The Seed growing secretly.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain