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.

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.

King of comforts, King of life, Thou hast cheered me, And when fears and doubts were rife, Thou hast cleared me.

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