Henry Vaughan
1621–1695
Best-known poems
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Peace
My soul, there is a country
Far beyond the stars,
Where stands a wingèd sentry …
All poems (9)
- Christ’s NativityAwake, glad heart! get up and sing!
- Friends DepartedThey are all gone into the world of light!
- PeaceMy soul, there is a country
- The RetreatHappy those early days, when I
- The Seed Growing SecretlyDear, secret greenness! nurst below
- The ShepherdsSweet, harmless livers! on whose holy leisure,
- The TimberSure thou didst flourish once! and many springs,
- “Happy are the dead”I Walked the other day, to spend my hour,
- “They are all gone”They are all gone into the world of light,
