Quotes from Henry Vaughan

Some men a forward motion love,But I by backward steps would move.

Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there.

I saw Eternity the other night Like a great Ring of pure and endless light.

I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years, Driv'n by the spheres Like a vast shadow mov'd; in which the world And all her train were hurl'd.

And here in the dust and dirt, O here, the lilies of His love appear.

There is in God a deep but dazzling darkness.

He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest, may know At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown

There is in God, some say, A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here Say it is late and dusky, because they See not all clear. O for that night! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim!

I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright;

There is in God, some say A deep but dazzling darkness... O for that night, that I in Him Might live invisible and dim.

The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day.