Henry Vaughan Quotes

I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.

Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest.

Wherefore with my utmost strength I will praise thee, And as thou gist line, and length, I will raise thee.

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 Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved.

Not a hook in all my breast But thou fills it, Not a thought in all my rest But thou kills it.

My soul, there is a country Far beyond the stars, Where stands a winged sentry All skilful in the wars;