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They are all gone into the world of light!
And I alone sit lingering here;
Their very memory is fair and bright,
And my sad thoughts doth clear.

— Henry Vaughan Silex Scintillans (1655)

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Quickly would I make my path even,
And by mere playing go to heaven.

Silex Scintillans (1655)

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.

Silex Scintillans (1655)

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!

Silex Scintillans (1655)

An age of mysteries! which he
Must live that would God's face see
Which angels guard, and with it play,
Angels! which foul men drive away.

Silex Scintillans (1655)

Those observations are but foul,
Which make me wise to lose my soul.

Silex Scintillans (1655)

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